Aquaculture Engineering (2+1)

Soil sampling - types - Disturbed sample

Unit 3- Soil and its properties

Soil Sampling

Types - Disturbed sample
A disturbed soil sample is that in which the natural structure of soils get partly or fully modified and destroyed although with suitable precautions the natural water content may be preserved. Which do not represent exactly how the soil was in its natural state before sampling. Disturbed sample are used for the more simple tests that will be performed and particularly for those test will conduct in the field.