Dynamics and characteristics of pore space changes during the crumbling on drying of structured agricultural soils

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 45-54

  Aluko, O B ^a,b   Koolen, A J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Crumbling; Freezing; Inter aggregate; Intra aggregate; Pore space; Structured soil; Thawing

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; PORE SPACE; SOIL PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0035093116     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(00)00176-8     Document Type: Article

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