Soil properties influencing water-dispersible clay and silt in an Ultisol in southern Nigeria

International Agrophysics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-325

  Igwe, C A ^a   Udegbunam, O N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Clay dispersion; Erodibility; Microaggregates; Sodium adsorption ratio; Soil organic carbon

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; DISPERSION; ERODIBILITY; MICROAGGREGATE; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; POROUS MEDIUM; SILTY SOIL; SODIUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; ULTISOL;

NIGERIA;

EID: 74549185165     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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