Pedotransfer functions for estimating soil bulk density in China

Soil Science

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 158-164

  Han, Guang Zhong ^a,b   Zhang, Gan Lin ^a,b   Gong, Zi Tong ^a   Wang, Gai Fen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; model; pedotransfer functions; Soil bulk density

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BULK DENSITY; DATA SET; DATABASE; MODEL VALIDATION; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

CHINA;

EID: 84858281942     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31823fd493     Document Type: Article

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