An integrated approach to soil structure, shrinkage, and cracking in samples and layers

Geoderma

Volumn 173-174, Issue , 2012, Pages 258-273

  Chertkov, V Y ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Crack factor; Cracking; Critical sample size; Lacunar factor; Shrinkage; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATED SOIL; CLAY CONTENT; DIFFERENT SIZES; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; INITIAL SAMPLE SIZE; INPUT PARAMETER; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LACUNAR FACTOR; LAYER THICKNESS; MAXIMUM AGGREGATE SIZES; NEW MODEL; REFERENCE CURVES; SAMPLE SIZES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL VOLUME; STEP-BY-STEP;

AGGREGATES; CRACK INITIATION; CRACKS; SHRINKAGE; SOILS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

CLAY SOIL; CRACKING; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; TRANSFORMATION; VOLUME; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84856458841     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.01.010     Document Type: Article

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