Soil particle size fractions determined by gamma-ray attenuation

Soil Science

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 403-410

  Vaz, Carlos Manoel Pedro ^a,b   De Mendonça Naime, João ^a   Macedo, Álvaro ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gamma ray; Soil particle size fractions; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL TEXTURE;

EID: 0345211477     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199906000-00004     Document Type: Article

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