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Experimental Methods<br />

Depth (cm)<br />

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10<br />

20<br />

30<br />

40<br />

50<br />

60<br />

Treatment<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5 6<br />

Figure 15: Fishing hook distribution in the clay<br />

True Initial Position<br />

A photograph showing how the fishing hooks were dug out including the ruler laid across<br />

the hole and resting on the reference surface is shown in Figure 16. This also shows how<br />

the fishing line can be identified. The surface visible in Figure 16 was marked with yellow<br />

construction site spray to enable easy reference after the passage of the combine harvester.<br />

Figure 16: Excavation of the fishing hooks together with the ruler for surface reference<br />

Before the fishhooks were placed into the soil a shallow tillage operation was carried out to<br />

a depth of 100 mm to smooth the surface as detailed in Section 2.1.2.1. However, a rain<br />

period of 3 weeks delayed the actual experiment. Consequently the soil including the refer-<br />

Ph.D. Thesis Dirk Ansorge (2007)<br />

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