Assessment of micro-aggregation using laser diffractometry

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-49

  Beuselinck, L ^a   Govers, G ^a   Poesen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Laser diffraction; Micro aggregation; Sieve pipette method

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATION; DIFFRACTION; METHODOLOGY; SAMPLING;

EID: 0033011309     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9837(199901)24:1<41::AID-ESP941>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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