Predicting soil water repellency using hydrophobic organic compounds and their vegetation origin

SOIL

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 411-425

  Mao, J ^a,b   Nierop, K G J ^b   Rietkerk, M ^a   Dekker, S C ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AUTOCORRELATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTER; FATTY ACID; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 85008916324     PISSN: 21993971     EISSN: 2199398X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/soil-1-411-2015     Document Type: Article

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