Aggregate sizes and stability in cultivated south dakota prairie ustolls and usterts

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1360-1365

  Eynard, A ^a   Schumacher, T E ^a   Lindstrom, M J ^b   Malo, D D ^a  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CULTIVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MORPHOLOGY;

MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETERS (MWD); STRUCTURAL STABILITY;

SOIL TESTING;

AGGREGATE SIZE; AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CULTIVATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; TILLAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142746955     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.1360     Document Type: Article

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