Water retention characteristics of soils with contrasting clay mineral composition in semi-arid tropical regions

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 523-536

  Gaiser, Thomas ^a   Graef, Frieder ^a   Cordeiro, José Carvalho ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PIAUÍ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Clay mineral composition; Pedotransfer functions; Semi arid tropics; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER RETENTION;

BRAZIL; NIGER;

EID: 0034041313     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR99001     Document Type: Article

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