Chiselling effects on the vertical distribution of rock fragments in the tilled layer of a Mediterranean soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 55-66

  Wijdenes, D Oostwoud ^a   Poesen, J ^a,b   Vandekerckhove, L ^a   De Luna, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chiselling; Interparticle percolation; Kinetic sieving; Rock fragments; Soil conservation

Indexed keywords

CHISEL PLOUGH; PARTICLE SIZE; ROCK FRAGMENT; SOIL TEXTURE; TILLAGE; TOPSOIL;

MEDITERRANEAN;

EID: 0031424461     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(97)00029-9     Document Type: Article

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