Disruptive methods for assessing soil structure

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 3-22

  Diaz Zorita M ^a,b   Perfect, E ^c   Grove, J H ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Fragmentation; Fragments; Sieving; Soil structure; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; FRAGMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036151589     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(01)00254-9     Document Type: Review

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