Effect of soil aggregate size distribution on water retention

Soil Science

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 223-233

  Guber, A K ^a   Rawls, W J ^b   Shein, E V ^a   Pachepsky, Ya A ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate size distribution; Regression tree; Soil moisture; Soil water retention; Van Genuchten parameters

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; WATER CONTENT;

AGGREGATE SIZE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0242668324     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-200304000-00001     Document Type: Article

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