Effects of freezing on aggregate stability of soils differing in texture, mineralogy, and organic matter content

Aggregate stability, a measure of a soil aggregate's resistance to breakdown, influences many soil physical and hydraulic characteristics, such as surface sealing rate, infiltration rate, and hydraulic conductivity. Thus, because aggregate stability is so important, processes that may increase or decrease it should be studied. Different soils have been observed to respond differently to the freezing process. Hence, it was hypothesized that soils differing in texture, mineralogy, and organic matter content would be affected differently. A laboratory experiment was designed to test this hypothesis