Wetting rate and rain depth effects on crust strength and micromorphology

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1604-1610

  Fan, Y ^a   Lei, T ^a,b   Shainberg, I ^c   Cai, Q ^a,d  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; CURING; DROPS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; IMPACT STRENGTH; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RAIN; SEALING (FINISHING); SILT; SOILS; WETTING;

AGGREGATE STABILITIES; BLACK SOILS; CRUST FORMATIONS; CUMULATIVE RAINFALLS; DRY SOILS; LOESS SOILS; MICRO MORPHOLOGIES; MICROFABRIC; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENTS; RAIN DEPTHS; RAINDROP IMPACTS; RAPID WETTING; RELATIVE IMPORTANCES; SIMULATED RAINFALLS; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL SURFACES; STABLE AGGREGATES; SURFACE AGGREGATES; WETTING DRIES; WETTING RATES;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CRUST; LOESS; MICROMORPHOLOGY; RAINFALL; SOIL AGGREGATE; STRENGTH;

EID: 56749104715     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0334     Document Type: Article

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