Modification of soil porosity after application of sewage sludge

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-345

  Sort, X ^a   Alcaniz J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Backscattered electron images; Image analysis; Sewage sludge; Soil micromorphometry; Soil porosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; MIXTURE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL;

POROSITY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 0344527967     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00184-6     Document Type: Article

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