Regionalization of soil water retention curves in a highly variable soilscape, I. Developing a new pedotransfer function

Geoderma

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 129-143

  Scheinost, A C ^a,c   Sinowski, W ^b,c   Auerswald, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Particle size distribution; Pedotransfer function; Porosity; Soil variability; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER RETENTION; TEXTURE;

EID: 0030816505     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(97)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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