Soil compaction produced by tractor with radial and cross-ply tyres in two tillage regimes

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 44-51

  Botta, G F ^a,b   Rivero, D ^d   Tourn, M ^a   Melcon, F Bellora ^a   Pozzolo, O ^c   Nardon, G ^g   Balbuena, R ^e   Becerra, A Tolon ^f   Rosatto, H ^a   Stadler, S ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS BÁSICAS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^g School of Mechanics Engineering   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Axle load; Ground contact pressure; Soil compaction; Tractor traffic

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; COMPACTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELLS; SEA LEVEL; SOIL MECHANICS; TRACTORS (AGRICULTURAL); TRACTORS (TRUCK); WATER LEVELS;

ARGENTINA; AXLE LOAD; AXLE LOADS; BEFORE AND AFTER; BUENOS AIRES; CONE INDEX; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROSS-PLY; GROUND CONTACT PRESSURE; GROUND PRESSURE; ONE-PASS; RUT DEPTH; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL COMPACTIONS; TRACTOR TRAFFIC;

SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; DIRECT DRILLING; PLOWING; SUBSOIL; TOPSOIL;

ARGENTINA; BUENOS AIRES [ARGENTINA]; PAMPAS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 50849107351     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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