Comparing capillary rise contact angles of soil aggregates and homogenized soil

Geoderma

Volumn 146, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 336-343

  Ramírez Flores, Juan C ^a   Woche, Susanne K ^a   Bachmann, Jörg ^a   Goebel, Marc O ^a   Hallett, Paul D ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arable land; Capillary Rise Method; Contact angle; Forest; Grassland; Soil aggregates; Wettability

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STANDARDS; WETTING;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AIR-WATER CONTACT ANGLE; ARABLE SOILS; CAPILLARY RISE; CAPILLARY-RISE METHOD; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; ERODIBILITY; FOREST SOILS; GERMANY; HYDROPHOBIC COMPONENTS; HYDROPHOBIC SOILS; INFILTRATION RATES; PORE SPACES; PORE SURFACES; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL WETTABILITY; STANDARD METHODS; SUB-CRITICAL WATER; WATER-REPELLENCY; WETTING PROPERTIES;

AGGREGATES;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; ARABLE LAND; CAPILLARITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ERODIBILITY; FOREST SOIL; GRASSLAND SOIL; HOMOGENEITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; WETTABILITY;

EID: 48349139680     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.05.032     Document Type: Article

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