Soil lacunar factor and reference shrinkage

International Agrophysics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-235

  Chertkov, V Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aggregate surface layer; Lacunar factor; Soil aggregates; Soil physical properties; Soil reference shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CLAY; SHRINKAGE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROPERTY;

EID: 79951468926     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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