Soil physical quality: Part II. Friability, tillage, tilth and hard-setting

Geoderma

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 215-225

  Dexter, A R ^a  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Compaction; Friability; Hard setting; Tillage; Tilth; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

DRYING; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; TEXTURES; WATER;

INFLECTION POINT; PHYSICAL QUALITY;

GEODESY;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPACTION; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 2342655237     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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