Soil structure

Soil Physics Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 249-295

  Kay, B D ^a   Angers, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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ANTHROPOGENIC ORIGIN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LONG TERM CHANGE; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL STRUCTURE;

SOILS;

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