Soil texture analysis revisited: Removal of organic matter matters more than ever

Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W., Christensen, B. T. and Munkholm, L. J. 2017. Soil texture analysis revisited: Removal of organic matter matters more than ever. PLOS ONE. 12 (5), p. 10p. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178039

Authors	Jensen, J. L., Schjonning, P., Watts, C. W., Christensen, B. T. and Munkholm, L. J.
Year of Publication	2017
Journal	PLOS ONE
Journal citation	12 (5), p. 10p
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178039
Open access	Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
Funder	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or code	Wheat
	[20:20 Wheat] Soil resource interactions
	The Rothamsted Long Term Experiments [2017-2022]
Publisher's version	journal.pone.0178039.pdf
Output status	Published
Publication dates
Online	18 May 2017
Publication process dates
Accepted	08 May 2018
Publisher	Public Library of Science, San Fancisco (PLOS)
	Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Copyright license	CC BY
ISSN	1932-6203

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Biological and technical processes that mediate micro-aggregation of clays

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Watts, C. W., Whalley, W. R., Brookes, P. C., Devonshire, B. J. and Whitmore, A. P. 2005. Biological and technical processes that mediate micro-aggregation of clays. Soil Science. 170 (8), pp. 573-583. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ss.0000178206.74040.0c

In situ measurements of erosion shear stress and geotechnical shear strength of the intertidal sediments of the experimental managed realignment scheme at Tollesbury, Essex, UK

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Watts, C. W., Tolhurst, T. J., Black, K. S. and Whitmore, A. P. 2003. In situ measurements of erosion shear stress and geotechnical shear strength of the intertidal sediments of the experimental managed realignment scheme at Tollesbury, Essex, UK. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 58, pp. 611-620. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-7714(03)00139-2

Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials

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Watts, C. W., Whalley, W. R., Longstaff, D. J., White, Robin P., Brookes, P. C. and Whitmore, A. P. 2001. Aggregation of a soil with different cropping histories following the addition of organic materials. Soil Use and Management. 17 (4), pp. 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2001.tb00036.x

The effect of iron concentration, hindered settling, saturating cation and aggregate density of clays on the size distribution determined by gravitation X-ray sedimentometry

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Watts, C. W., Whalley, W. R., Bird, N. R. A. and Ashman, M. R. 2000. The effect of iron concentration, hindered settling, saturating cation and aggregate density of clays on the size distribution determined by gravitation X-ray sedimentometry. European Journal of Soil Science. 51 (2), pp. 305-311. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2389.2000.00311.x