Soil particle-size analysis up to 250μm by X-ray granulometer: Device set-up and: Regressions for data conversion into pipette-equivalent values

Geoderma

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 380-393

  Andrenelli, M C ^a   Fiori, V ^b   Pellegrini, S ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria del Territorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accuracy analysis; Multilinear regression; Particle size analysis; Pipette method; X ray granulometry

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; X RAYS;

ACCURACY ANALYSIS; COEFFICIENT OF DETERMINATION; GRAIN SIZE ANALYSIS; GRANULOMETRIES; INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY; MULTI-LINEAR REGRESSION; PIPETTE METHOD; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA SET; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULOMETRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL TEXTURE; X-RAY;

EID: 84869136092     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.06.011     Document Type: Review

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