Soil morphology and soil water regime of loess soils under oak in the Meerdaal forest, Belgium

Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-59

  Rampelberg, S ^a   Van der Aa, B ^a   Deckers, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fragipan; Loess soils; Soil water regime; TDR measurements

Indexed keywords

B HORIZON; CATENA; FOREST SOIL; FRAGIPAN; LOESS; SOIL WATER; TDR;

BELGIUM, MEERDAAL;

EID: 0030616468     PISSN: 01681923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1923(96)02374-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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