Dynamics of soil aggregate coalescence governed by capillary and rheological processes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 367-379

  Ghezzehei, Teamrat A ^a   Or, Dani ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CAPILLARITY; COALESCENCE; RHEOLOGY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033978447     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900316     Document Type: Article

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