Physical and chemical properties of feedlot pen surfaces located on moderately coarse- and moderately fine-textured soils in southern Alberta

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1589-1598

  Miller, Jim J ^a   Curtis, Tony ^a   Larney, Francis J ^a   McAllister, Tim A ^a   Olson, Barry M ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ALBERTA (CO); FEEDLOT CATTLE; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINE TEXTURED SOILS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

SOILS;

CHLORIDE; SOIL WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CATTLE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE;

ALBERTA; ANIMALS; CATTLE; RAIN; SOIL;

BOS;

EID: 47249132878     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2007.0422     Document Type: Article

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