Particle size distribution models for soils of the humid tropics

Journal of Soils and Sediments

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 686-698

  Botula, Yves Dady ^a   Cornelis, Wim M ^a   Baert, Geert ^b   Mafuka, Paul ^c   Van Ranst, Eric ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

Author keywords

Bimodal soils; Central Africa; Particle size distribution; Soils of the humid tropics

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; DATA SET; HUMID TROPICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TEXTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

CENTRAL AFRICA;

EID: 84875387493     PISSN: 14390108     EISSN: 16147480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11368-012-0635-5     Document Type: Article

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