Observations of pores and aggregates during aggregation in some clay-rich agricultural soils as seen in 2D image analysis

Geoderma

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 191-207

  Li, Decheng ^a,b   Velde, B ^b,c   Zhang, Taolin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Image analysis; Soil; Wetting drying

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE SPACE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0442298857     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(03)00193-9     Document Type: Article

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