Can flocs and water stable soil aggregates be differentiated within fluvial systems?

Catena

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Droppo, I G ^a   Nackaerts, K ^b   Walling, D E ^b   Williams, N ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Density; Flocs; Fractal dimension; Porosity; River; Settling velocity; Sphericity; Water stable soil aggregates

Indexed keywords

FLOCCULATION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY; SETTLING VELOCITY; SOIL AGGREGATE;

EID: 11844269923     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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