How We Lose Ground When Earth Scientists Become Territorial: Defining "Soil"

Natural Resources Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 137-142

  Dippenaar, Matthys A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

earth science; geotechnical; hydrogeology; Soil; soil science; vadose

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856406214     PISSN: 15207439     EISSN: 15738981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11053-011-9160-2     Document Type: Review

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