Soil water retention: II. Derivation and application of shape index

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1891-1901

  Leij, F J ^d   Haverkamp, R ^a   Fuentes, C ^b   Zatarain, F ^b   Ross, P J ^c  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

PARAMETRIC MODELS; SHAPE INDEX; SHAPE PARAMETERS; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 27644564364     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0226     Document Type: Article

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