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Title Soil and environmental analysis : physical methods / edited by Keith A. Smith, Chris E. Mullins
Edition 2nd ed., rev. and expanded
Published New York : M. Dekker, ©2001

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 637 pages) : illustrations
Series Books in soils, plants, and the environment
Books in soils, plants, and the environment.
Contents Preface; Contents; Contributors; Soil Water Content; Matric Potential; Water Release Characteristic; Hydraulic Conductivity of Saturated Soils; Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity; Infiltration; Particle Size Analysis; Bulk Density; Liquid and Plastic Limits; Penetrometer Techniques in Relation to Soil Compaction and Root Growth; Tensile Strength and Friability; Root Growth: Methods of Measurement; Gas Movement and Air-Filled Porosity; Soil Temperature Regime; Soil Profile Description and Evaluation; Index
Summary A review of a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. It considers application, accuracy, measurement time and cost of equipment, and provides examples of applications
Notes Revised edition of: Soil analysis. 1991
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Soil physics -- Methodology
Soils -- Environmental aspects.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- Agronomy -- Soil Science.
Soil physics -- Methodology
Soils -- Environmental aspects
Form Electronic book
Author Smith, Keith A., 1940-
Mullins, Chris E., 1947-
LC no. 00060207
ISBN 0824745361
9780824745363
0203908600
9780203908600
0585418934
9780585418933
9781135553302
1135553300
9781135553258
1135553254
9781135553296
1135553297
OTHER TI Soil analysis