Representative elementary area (REA) in soil bulk density measurements through gamma ray computed tomography

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-49

  Borges, Jaqueline A R ^a   Pires, Luiz F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF PONTA GROSSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma ray attenuation; Paraffin sealed clod method; Soil physical properties; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

BRAZILIAN SOILS; BULK DENSITY MEASUREMENT; CROSS SECTION; GAMMA RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIES; GAMMA-RAY ATTENUATION; PARAFFIN SEALED CLODS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SOIL BULK DENSITY; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL STRUCTURE;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); GAMMA RAYS; PARAFFINS; SOILS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

BULK DENSITY; CLAY SOIL; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; SAMPLING; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; TOMOGRAPHY; VOLUME;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84860157345     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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