Visual examinations and soil physical and hydraulic properties for assessing soil structural quality of soils with contrasting textures and land uses

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-28

  Pulido Moncada, Mansonia ^a,b   Helwig Penning, Letiane ^c   Timm, Luis Carlos ^c   Gabriels, Donald ^b   Cornelis, Wim M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Soil hydraulic conductivity; Type of aggregates; Visual soil evaluation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; POROSITY; SILT; SOIL CONDITIONERS; STABILITY; TEXTURES;

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; PLANT-AVAILABLE WATER CAPACITY; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL EVALUATION; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; STATISTICAL RELATIONSHIP;

AGGREGATES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; POROSITY; SANDY LOAM; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896035698     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2014.02.009     Document Type: Article

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