Drainage of organic soils

Agricultural Drainage

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1083-1105

  Armstrong, Adrian ^a   Castle, Douglas A ^b  

^a ADAS BOXWORTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Agricultural machinery; Drainage design; Organic soil drainage; Soil property measurement; Soil structure; Soil surface strength; Water table regime

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103005358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780891182306.ch34     Document Type: Chapter

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