Aggregate stability and assessment of soil crustability and erodibility: II. Application to humic loamy soils with various organic carbon contents

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-48

  Le Bissonnais, Y ^a   Arrouays, D ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CRUSTING; INFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; RAINDROP IMPACT; SOIL DEGRADATION;

EID: 0030619747     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1997.tb00183.x     Document Type: Article

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