Modeling the relationship between soil bulk density and the water retention curve

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 554-563

  Assouline, S ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; RETENTION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRENGTH; SOIL TYPE;

EID: 33846700545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0083     Document Type: Article

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