Contribution of water content and bulk density to field soil penetration resistance as measured by a combined cone penetrometer-TDR probe

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 35-42

  Vaz, Carlos M P ^a   Bassoi, Luis H ^a   Hopmans, Jan W ^b  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone penetrometer; Soil bulk density; Soil compaction; Soil moisture; Soil strength; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; PENETROMETER; SENSOR; SOIL STRENGTH; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0035000646     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(01)00173-8     Document Type: Article

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