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SATURATION PERCENTAGE AS A MEASURE OF SOIL TEXTURE IN THE LOWER INDUS BASIN
Author(s) -
STIVEN G. A.,
KHAN M. A.
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1966.tb01471.x
Subject(s) - soil texture , texture (cosmology) , saturation (graph theory) , indus , soil science , geology , carbonate , structural basin , environmental science , mineralogy , image (mathematics) , mathematics , soil water , artificial intelligence , chemistry , computer science , geomorphology , organic chemistry , combinatorics
Summary The saturation percentage is related to the mechanical constituents of a soil:and is therefore a quantitative expression of soil texture. Profiles may be described in terms of the S.P.; thusMaps may be drawn showing quantitative changes in texture, and associated statements of the reliability of an S.P. estimate and the probable error of the position of a textural contour be made. Decomposition of the calcium carbonate component should be avoided in routine soil survey work.