Measurement of tensile strength of unsaturated sandy loam soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-23

  Ibarra, S Y ^a   McKyes, E ^a   Broughton, R S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Density; Moisture content; Soil tensile strength

Indexed keywords

DENSIFICATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MOISTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNSATURATED COMPOUNDS;

SANDY LOAM SOILS; SOIL DENSITY; SOIL SAMPLES; SOIL STRENGTH;

SOILS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; SANDY LOAM; SOIL STRUCTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14744276065     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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