A Dynamic Air Permeameter for coarse-textured soil columns and cores

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 428-433

  Tyner, J S ^a   Wright, W C ^a   Lee, J ^a   Crenshaw, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FLOW-RATE; AIR PRESSURES; BULK DENSITY; BULK DENSITY MEASUREMENT; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; DRY AIR; DRYING PROCESS; FINE-TEXTURED SOILS; MULTIPLE LAYERS; RAPID METHOD; SMALL VARIATIONS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL SAMPLE; TWO LAYERS; WET SOIL;

AIR PERMEABILITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; SOIL SURVEYS;

SOILS;

EID: 55649100766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0092     Document Type: Article

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