Alternative soil particle-size analysis by gamma-ray attenuation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 52, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 121-123

  Elias, E A ^a   Bacchi, O O S ^a   Reichardt, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Granulometry; Soil mechanical analysis; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0032697311     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00070-7     Document Type: Article

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