Soil micromorphology and soil hydraulics

New Trends in Soil Micromorphology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5-18

  Pagliai, Marcello ^a   Kutilek, Miroslav ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Nad Patankou 34   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

elongated transmission pores; image analysis; saturated hydraulic conductivity; soil porous system; Soil thin sections

Indexed keywords

EID: 72049112156     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-79134-8_2     Document Type: Chapter

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