Pedotransfer functions for Irish soils – Estimation of bulk density (ρb) per horizon type

SOIL

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 25-39

  Reidy, B ^a   Simo, I ^a   Sills, P ^a   Creamer, R E ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROPERTY;

IRELAND;

EID: 84960439701     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-2-25-2016     Document Type: Article

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