Estimating water retention characteristic from soil particle-size distribution using a non-similar media concept

Soil Science

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 308-321

  Zhuang, Jie ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Non similar media concept; Particle size distribution; Soil water retention characteristic

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0034984106     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200105000-00002     Document Type: Article

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