Fitting particle size distribution models to data from Burundian soils for the BEST procedure and other purposes

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 435-441

  Bagarello, V ^a   Provenzano, G ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL SURVEYS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TEXTURES;

CLAY CONTENT; FINE-TEXTURED SOILS; MEAN RELATIVE ERROR; PARTICLE-SIZE FRACTIONS; SAND CONTENT; SOIL HYDRAULICS; SOIL TRANSFERS; SUSPENSION DENSITIES;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 70350003548     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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