Saturated hydraulic properties: Ring infiltrometer

Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1043-1056

  Reynolds, W D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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