Variation of the water-retention properties of soils: Validity of class-pedotransfer functions

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 339, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 632-639

  Al Majou, Hassan ^a   Bruand, Ary ^a   Duval, Odile ^b   Cousin, Isabelle ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Horizon; Prediction bias; Prediction precision; Structure; Texture

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY; TEXTURE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34548840250     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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