Structural stability of humid tropical soils as influenced by manure incorporation and incubation duration

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1353-1360

  Wuddivira, Mark N ^a   Stone, Reynold J ^a   Ekwue, Edwin I ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CLAY CONTENT; DRY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FARMYARD MANURE; FIELD CAPACITY; INCUBATION DURATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL COHESION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL INCUBATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL DISTURBANCES; STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO; TROPICAL RAINFALL; TROPICAL SOILS; WATER-STABLE AGGREGATIONS;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RAIN; SOILS; STABILITY; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EROSION;

CLAY MINERAL; COHESION; FIELD CAPACITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HUMIDITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL SOIL;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 68249117702     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0080     Document Type: Article

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