Soil and tillage effects on the characteristic size and shape of aggregates

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1459-1465

  Perfect, E ^a   Zhai, Q ^a   Blevins, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; CLAY; CULTIVATION; EROSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SILT; STATISTICAL METHODS;

AGGREGATE SHAPE; AGGREGATE SIZE; TILLAGE;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE SIZE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TILLAGE;

EID: 0030609377     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100050025x     Document Type: Article

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