The soil aggregates stability index (ASI) and its extreme values

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 69-78

  Niewczas, Jerzy ^a   Witkowska Walczak, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGROPHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Indices of soil aggregates stability; Transition tables

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCIES; STABILITY; WATER;

AGGREGATE STABILITY INDEX (ASI); AGGREGATE VARIATIONS; SOIL AGGREGATES; WATER STABILITY;

SOILS;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; INDEX METHOD; SOIL AGGREGATE;

EID: 12344303537     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.02.023     Document Type: Article

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