Water retention of salt-affected soils: Quantitative estimation using soil survey information

Arid Land Research and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 103-121

  Tóth, Brigitta ^a   Makó, András ^a   Guadagnini, Alberto ^b   Tóth, Gergely ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CHAID; hydropedology; multiple linear regression; pedotransfer function; pedotransfer rule; regression tree; soil map; Solonchak; Solonetz; water capacity

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; DATABASE; ESTIMATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALT; SOIL CLASSIFICATION; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

HUNGARY;

EID: 84859575614     PISSN: 15324982     EISSN: 15324990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15324982.2012.657025     Document Type: Article

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