Curvature of shrinkage lines in relation to the consistency and structure of a Norwegian clay soil

Geoderma

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 235-245

  Groenevelt, P H ^a,b   Grant, C D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cracking clay soils; Plastic limit; Shrinkage limit; Shrinkage models; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CURVATURE; SHRINKAGE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

NORWAY;

EID: 0036221479     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(01)00126-4     Document Type: Article

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