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@ARTICLE{Pohlmeier:5532,
author = {Pohlmeier, A. and Haber-Pohlmeier, S. and Stapf, S.},
title = {{A} {F}ast {F}ield {C}ycling {N}uclear {M}agnetic
{R}esonance {R}elaxometry {S}tudy of {N}atural {S}oils},
journal = {Vadose zone journal},
volume = {8},
issn = {1539-1663},
address = {Madison, Wis.},
publisher = {SSSA},
reportid = {PreJuSER-5532},
pages = {735 - 742},
year = {2009},
note = {The authors thank the German research fund (DFG) for
financial support (Sta 511/4- 1, PO 746/2-1, and
Transregio/SFB32), F. Pauly and U. Lesten (ZAT, Research
Center Julich) for the recording CT images, C. Walraf
(ICG-4, Research Center Julich) for the BET measurements,
and J. Koestel and A.-P. Schmidt-Eisenlohr (ICG4, Research
Center Julich) 360 for the water retention curves of the
soils.},
abstract = {This study used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)
relaxometry at different Larmor frequencies to investigate
water dynamics in the pore space of natural porous media.
Spin-lattice NMR relaxation times (T-1) were determined in
purified fine sand and two natural soils, Kaldenkirchen
sandy loam and Merzenhausen silt loam, by means of fast
field This technique investigates relaxation processes as a
function of the Larmor frequency. in the 0.005 and 20 MHz,
yielding so-called relaxation dispersion curves (1/T-1 vs.
log.). The data were further by means of inverse Laplace
transformation to calculate the T-1 relaxation time
distribution functions. Only sand was characterized by
monomodal distribution with T-1 of about 1 s at 20 MHz,
whereas the natural soil showed multi modal distribution
functions in the range between 2 and 70 ms. With decreasing
Larmor frequency, all distribution functions kept their
shapes but were shifted to faster relaxation times. The
corresponding relaxation dispersion curves indicate
predominance of two-dimensional diffusion of water in the
soils, whereas in the sand, diffusion behaved like
unrestricted three-dimensional diffusion. In terms of the
Brownstein-Tarr model, in the T-1 relaxation times with
increasing silt and clay content can be explained by an
increase of the volume ratios (S/V) of these porous media,
i.e., by a decrease in the pore sizes. Finally, distribution
functions of size parameter V/S were obtained from the
spin-lattice relaxation time distributions by normalizing on
the specific surface area. They ranged from submicrometers
in the Merzenhausen soil to micrometers and submillimeters
in soil and fine sand, respectively.},
keywords = {J (WoSType)},
cin = {ICG-4},
ddc = {550},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)VDB793},
pnm = {Terrestrische Umwelt},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK407},
shelfmark = {Environmental Sciences / Soil Science / Water Resources},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000268871900020},
doi = {10.2136/vzj2008.0030},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/5532},
}