Aggregation of a degraded lowland soil during restoration with different cropping and drainage regimes

Soil Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 239-250

  Hermawan, Bandi ^a,b   Bomke, Arthur A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BENGKULU   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Cropping; Drainage; Organic carbon; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CROPPING; DRAINAGE; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL DEGRADATION;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, FRASER VALLEY;

EID: 0030303233     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(96)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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