Frequency of freeze-thaw cycles, bulk density and saturation effects on soil surface shear and aggregate stability in resisting water erosion

Canadian Agricultural Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 273-279

  Asare, S N ^a   Rudra, R P ^a   Dickinson, W T ^a   Wall, G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Erodibility; Erosion; Freeze thaw; Saturation ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EROSION; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH;

AGGREGATE STABILITY TESTS; ERODIBILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FREEZE THAW CYCLES; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER (MWD) METHOD;

SOIL TESTING;

SOIL EROSION; WATER EROSION;

EID: 0031251827     PISSN: 0045432X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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