Intra-aggregate pore characteristics: X-ray computed microtomography analysis

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1159-1171

  Wang, W ^a   Kravchenko, A N ^b   Smucker, A J M ^b   Liang, W ^c   Rivers, M L ^d  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BOUNDARY DELINEATION; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CT IMAGE; INTERIOR LAYER; LARGE PORES; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; MEDIUM SIZE; MICHIGAN; MICRO-SCALES; NORTHEAST CHINA; PARENT MATERIALS; PEDOGENIC PROCESS; PORE CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL PROCESS; TURNOVER RATE; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; LAND USE; SOILS; VEGETATION;

AGGREGATES;

LAND USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PEDOGENESIS; POROSITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

CHINA; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865381201     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: 14350661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2011.0281     Document Type: Article

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