Soil texture, mineralogy, and organic matter effects on structural stability and soil loss of selected Trinidad soils after rainfall

Tropical Agriculture

Volumn 83, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 69-78

  Wuddivira, M N ^a   Stone, R J ^a   Ekwe, E I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aggregate slaking; Aggregate stability; Clay content; Fast wetting; Low and high activity clay; Organic matter content; Seal formation; Simulated rainfall

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549093014     PISSN: 00413216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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