Predicted and observed finger diameters in field soils

Geoderma

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 185-196

  Ritsema, Coen J ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^b   Parlange, J Yves ^b   Dekker, Louis W ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROP GROWTH; FIELD SOIL; FINGER DIAMETER; LOESS SOIL; SANDY SOIL; WETTING FRONT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030513026     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00080-1     Document Type: Article

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