Clay Mineralogy of Brazilian Oxisols with Shrinkage Properties

ABSTRACT Shrinkage capacity (caráter retrátil in Portuguese) is a new diagnostic characteristic recently introduced in the Brazilian System of Soil Classification (SiBCS) to indicate shrink and swell properties observed in subtropical soils from highland plateaus in southern Brazil, specifically in...

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Main Authors: Samara Alves Testoni, Jaime Antonio de Almeida, Luana da Silva, Gabriel Ramatis Pugliese Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Ciência do Solo 2017-08-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-06832017000100420&lng=en&tlng=en