Effect of soil organic matter, electrical conductivity and sodium adsorption ratio on tensile strength of aggregates

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 145-153

  Rahimi, Hasan ^a   Pazira, Ebrahim ^b   Tajik, Fuad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrical conductivity (EC); Organic matter; Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR); Soil tensile strength

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SODIUM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TENSILE STRENGTH;

AGROPYRON ELONGATUM; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 0034018078     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00086-6     Document Type: Article

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