The dielectric behaviour of clay soils and its application to time domain reflectometry

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 825-835

  Bridge, B J ^a   Sabburg, J ^b   Habash, K O ^b   Ball, J A R ^b   Hancock, N H ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

calibration curves; Ferrosol; TDR; Vertosol

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOL; CLAY SOIL; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROSOL; MINERALOGY; SOIL WATER; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VERTISOL;

EID: 0029660469     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR9960825     Document Type: Article

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