Scaling the saturated hydraulic conductivity of a vertic ustorthens soil under conventional and minimum tillage

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 1-9

  Comegna, V ^a   Damiani, P ^a   Sommella, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Effective soil porosity; Hydraulic conductivity; Scale factors; Soil tillage system

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; TILLAGE;

EID: 0034062417     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00098-7     Document Type: Article

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