Evaluation of the soil penetration resistance along a transect to determine the loosening depth

Precision Agriculture

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 309-326

  Domsch, H ^a   Ehlert, D ^a   Giebel, A ^a   Witzke, K ^a   Boess, J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b Geological Survey of Lower Saxony (NLfB)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cone index; Penetrometer; Sampling interval; Site specific soil loosening; Soil layers; Soil strength

Indexed keywords

CONE PENETRATION TEST; PENETROMETER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL STRENGTH; TRANSECT;

EID: 33750091619     PISSN: 13852256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11119-006-9009-6     Document Type: Article

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