Soil water retention curve determined by gamma-ray beam attenuation

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-97

  Pires, Luiz F ^a   Bacchi, Osny O S ^a   Reichardt, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma attenuation; Gamma radiation; Soil water retention curve

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; GAMMA RAYS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SCINTILLATION; WATER;

GAMMA-RAY BEAM ATTENUATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVES;

SOILS;

SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 17444389734     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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