The Solid Phase: Bulk Density and Linear Extensibility

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4: Physical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 201-228

  Grossman, Robert B ^a   Reinsch, Thomas G ^a  

^a USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clod method; Core method; Excavation method; Linear extensibility; Radiation method; Soil analyses; Soil bulk density; Soil taxonomy; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125350450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.4.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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