418777

Using the Spectral Induced Polarization technique for estimating soil texture and moisture content

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Last updated: 29 Mar 2025

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Geology

Abstract

Information about soil texture and moisture content are necessary for cultivation, hydrology, hydrogeology and geotechnical engineering. Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP) is a promising non-invasive geophysical method for assessing soil properties critical to hydrology, agriculture, and geotechnical engineering. This study evaluates the efficiency of SIP in estimating soil texture and moisture content across varying saturation levels in semi-arid environments. Measurements were conducted over a frequency range of 0.0005 Hz to 100 kHz, using controlled laboratory experiments of dry to wet sand synthetic samples. SIP method is useful for monitoring soil humidity and moisture. The electrical characteristics of soil are influenced by water, leading to alterations in impedance spectra. Results indicate strong correlations between water content and SIP parameters, particularly quadrature conductivity, phase angle, and chargeability. With increasing water content, the resistivity decreases with good separation response below 100 Hz while the imaginary conductivity increases. In addition to the phase shift between current and potential response become closer, then starting to become wider, so it's made the phase shift decrease then increase. In the context, chargeability decreases as the conduction passes increase between grains so the storage energy transport via these passes' links increases. The findings demonstrate the potential of SIP for soil monitoring, contributing to enhanced agricultural productivity. In addition to considering soil texture characteristics and sustainable soil management practices.

DOI

10.21608/abas.2025.341306.1056

Keywords

Soil, SIP, electrical, moisture, texture

Authors

First Name

Mostafa

Last Name

Moawad

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Affiliation

Geology, Science, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

mostafa_mawaed@science.helwan.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-9354-6568

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Gomaa

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-

Affiliation

Geophysics, National Research Centre, Egypt.

Email

mmmsgomaa@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

-

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Elshenawy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Geophysical Exploration Department, Desert Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

a.elshenawy.drc@outlook.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Alhussein

Last Name

Basheer

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-

Affiliation

Geology, Science, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

alhussein.adham@science.helwan.edu.eg

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Adel

Last Name

Kotb

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-

Affiliation

Geology, Science, Helwan, Cairo, Egypt.

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adelkotb@science.helwan.edu.eg

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Cairo

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-

Volume

4

Article Issue

1

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54649

Issue Date

2025-03-01

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2024-12-02

Publish Date

2025-03-01

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1

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6

Online ISSN

2974-3672

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418,777

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2,609

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Advances in Basic and Applied Sciences

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Using the Spectral Induced Polarization technique for estimating soil texture and moisture content

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29 Mar 2025