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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18890
Title: The Modification of Soil Temperature and Moisture Regimes
Authors: Beserve, Christopher A.
Advisor: Davies, J. A.
Department: Geography
Keywords: soil, temperature, moisture, regimes, modification
Publication Date: May-1968
Abstract: <p> During the spring and summer months of 1967, measurements of the temperature and moisture regimes under a control, and lamp black, white talc, and straw mulch surface treatments, on a fine sandy loam, and a sandy clay loam, were undertaken. The sites were the McMaster University campus, and the Arboretum of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton, Ontario.</p> <p> A description of the experimental procedures is presented in Chapter II. Chapter III discusses the regimes of soil temperature and moisture - content; and also the effects of clear and cloudy skies, and rain on soil temperatures.</p>
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11375/18890
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