Testing different approaches to characterize Burundian soils by the BEST procedure

Geoderma

Volumn 162, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 141-150

  Bagarello, V ^a   Di Prima, S ^a   Iovino, M ^a   Provenzano, G ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BEST procedure; Burundian soils; Soil hydraulic conductivity; Soil physical quality; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

BEST PROCEDURE; BURUNDIAN SOILS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL PHYSICAL QUALITY; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

CLAY; DATA REDUCTION; ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY SOIL; DATA SET; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RETENTION; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL TEST; SOIL WATER;

BURUNDI;

EID: 79952898874     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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