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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-159-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/se-9-159-2018
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Research article
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22 Feb 2018
Research article |
| 22 Feb 2018
| 22 Feb 2018
On soil textural classifications and soil-texture-based estimations
Miguel Ángel Martín
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Yakov A. Pachepsky
USDA-ARS Environmental Microbial and Food Safety Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, USA
Carlos García-Gutiérrez
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Miguel Reyes
Departamento de Matemática Aplicada, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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Short summary
The soil texture representation with the standard textural fraction triplet sand–silt–clay is commonly used to estimate soil properties. The objective of this work was to test the hypothesis that other fraction sizes in the triplets may provide a better representation of soil texture for the reconstruction of the particle size distribution and for estimating some soil properties with soil texture as a predictor. The results supported the hypothesis.
The soil texture representation with the standard textural fraction triplet sand–silt–clay is...
