The impacts of sodicity on soil strength

Irrigation and Drainage

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-85

  Kyei Baffour, N ^a   Rycroft, D W ^b   Tanton, T W ^b  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Salinity; Sodicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144396013     PISSN: 15310353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ird.105     Document Type: Article

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