Testing soil encasing materials for measuring hydraulic conductivity of a sandy-loam soil by the cube methods

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1048-1057

  Bagarello, V ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATERIALS TESTING; SOIL TESTING;

LOAM SOILS;

SOILS;

COMPACTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SANDY LOAM; SOIL TEST; WAX;

EID: 47249095771     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0022     Document Type: Article

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