Micromorphological analysis to characterize structure modifications of soil samples submitted to wetting and drying cycles

Catena

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-304

  Pires, L F ^a,b   Cooper, M ^b   Cassaro F A M ^a   Reichardt, K ^b   Bacchi, O O S ^b   Dias, N M P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Micromorphology; Soil bulk density; Soil physics; Soil structure changes; Soil water content

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; FERRALSOL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NITOSOL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; WETTING;

EID: 35548978106     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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