The Australian soil texture boomerang: A comparison of the Australian and USDA/FAO soil particle-size classification systems

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1443-1451

  Minasny, Budiman ^a   McBratney, Alex B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification; Particle size distribution; Soil texture class

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

SOIL TEXTURE;

SOILS;

PARTICLE SIZE; SILT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL TEXTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 0035685808     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR00065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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