The roles of texture and structure in the water retention capacity of burnt Mediterranean soils with varying rainfall

Catena

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-236

  Fayos, Carolina Boix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burnt and unburnt soil; pF; Structure; Texture; Water retention capacity

Indexed keywords

BURNT SOIL; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; WATER RETENTION CAPACITY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0031284777     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(97)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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