Estimating water retention of sandy soils using the additivity hypothesis

Soil Science

Volumn 165, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 373-383

  Zeiliguer, A M ^a   Pachepsky, Ya A ^b   Rawls, W J ^b  

^a 107884   (Russian Federation)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Additivity; Estimation; Sandy soils; Soil texture; Water retention

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SANDY SOIL; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0034078940     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200005000-00001     Document Type: Article

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