Comparison between grain-size analyses using laser diffraction and sedimentation methods

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-215

  Di Stefano, C ^a   Ferro, V ^a   Mirabile, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION; SOIL SURVEYS; TEXTURES;

GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; LASER DIFFRACTION METHOD; LASER DIFFRACTIONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SOIL ERODIBILITY; TEXTURE CLASSIFICATION; VERY FINE SANDS;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77954954899     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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