Testing compost as an anti wind erosion agent in a wind tunnel

Soil Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 209-221

  De Vos, J A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compost; Organic matter; Soil erosion; Wind erosion; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

EROSION; WIND EFFECTS; WIND SPEEDS; WIND TUNNELS;

COMPOST; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL EROSION; WIND EROSION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 0030303372     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(96)00017-7     Document Type: Article

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