SOIL DAMAGE AND THE "BIG WET"

dc.contributor.author	Kirby, J.M.
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-28T06:25:36Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-28T06:25:36Z
dc.date.issued	1988-08-17
dc.identifier.other	ACConf88-302102252.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1/3389
dc.description.abstract	It rained a lot, and much cotton was picked on wet soil - but how much damage was, or will be, done to the soil? It is worth bearing in mind the description given in the handbook on Soil Management by Davies et al. (1977 - see ch. 8, Traffic and Soil Damage). The following is a slightly abridged quotation.
dc.format	PDF
dc.subject	Soil management
dc.subject	Moisture content
dc.subject	Soil
dc.subject	Australian Capital Territory
dc.subject	Ploughing
dc.subject	Cotton
dc.subject	Puddling
dc.subject	Traffic
dc.subject	Rolling
dc.subject	Strength
dc.subject	Volume
dc.subject	Density
dc.subject	Pressure
dc.subject	Water
dc.subject	Pressing
dc.subject	Soil structure
dc.subject	Picking
dc.subject	Plant production
dc.title	SOIL DAMAGE AND THE "BIG WET"
CRDC.KeywordsUnrestricted	compaction, lever arm loader, shear damage, shear box apparatus, moisture, compaction obtainable, tor amelioration, puddling, kpa, compaction test, soils, wheelslip, sinkage, hoisture content, density glee, options tor amelioration, catastrophic sinkage, smearing, pressure kpa, irrigated cotton soils,