A new model to analyze water retention characteristics of forest soils based on soil pore radius distribution

Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Kosugi, Ken'ichirou ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Forest soil; Lognormal distribution; Pore radius distribution; Soil structure; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013345465     PISSN: 13416979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02348255     Document Type: Article

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