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Permeability and Land Classification for Soil and Water Conservation
Author(s) -
Devereux R. E.,
Steele Forrest,
Turner Walter L.
Publication year - 1951
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1951.036159950015000c0095x
Subject(s) - soil conservation , service (business) , forestry , geography , archaeology , business , agriculture , marketing
PERMEABILITY of soil is its capacity to transmit water and air. For a program of soil and water conservation, no soil factor is of greater importance. Realizing this importance, as well as the lack of specific information in Virginia, the Virginia Experiment Station and the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, in 1945 started cooperative studies of soil permeability as part of a drainage project with certain objectives in mind: