Mass-size scaling in soil aggregates as affected by aggregate water content and soil compaction

Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-12

  Guber, A K ^a,b   Pachepsky, Y A ^b   Levkovsky, E ^a  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregate bulk density; Aggregate porosity; Aggregate swelling; Mass fractal scaling; Soil compaction

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE SIZE; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; POROSITY;

EID: 1642523385     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000112019.97541.cc     Document Type: Article

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