Measurement of soil aggregate density by volume displacement in two non-mixing liquids

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1400-1403

  Sarli, Guillermo O ^a   Filgueira, Roberto R ^a   Giménez, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIPMENT; GLYCEROL; KEROSENE; POROUS MATERIALS;

SOIL AGGREGATES;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE SIZE; DENSITY; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 0034862818     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2001.6551400x     Document Type: Article

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