Estimation of water-retention characteristics from the bulk density and particle-size distribution of Swedish soils

Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 832-845

  Rajkai, Kálmán ^a   Kabos, Sender ^a   Van Genuchten, M Th ^b   Jansson, Per Erik ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; DATABASE; SOIL; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER RETENTION CURVE; WATER RETENTION;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0030321443     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199612000-00003     Document Type: Article

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