Null creation of air-filled structural pores by soil cracking and shrinkage in silty loamy soils

Soil Science

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 130-142

  Taboada, Miguel A ^a   Barbosa, Osvaldo A ^b   Cosentino, Diego J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Clod shrinkage; Shrinkage indices; Silty loamy soils; Soil cracking

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; PASTURE; PORE PRESSURE; SHRINKAGE; SILTY LOAM; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ARGENTIA; CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 40449126211     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31815d8e9d     Document Type: Article

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