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Article: Field-Scale Variability of Soil Properties in Central Iowa Soils pdf
Author: C.A. Cambardella, T.B. Moorman, J.M. Novak, T.B. Parkin, D.I. Karlen, R.F. Turco and A.E. Konopka
Journal: Soil Science Society of America Journal. Vol. 58: pages 1501-1511.
Published in: 1994
My copy was downloaded on November 22, 2014 from http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/60820000/Manuscripts/1994/Man330.pdf
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