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Title: BDEN: A timesaving computer program for calculating soil bulk density and water content.
Author(s): Starr, Lynn G.; Geist, Michael J.
Date: 1983
Source: Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-153. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 16p
Station ID: GTR-PNW-153
Description: This paper presents an interactive computer program written in BASIC language that will calculate soil bulk density and moisture percentage by weight and volume. Coarse fragment weights are required. The program will also summarize the resulting data giving mean, standard deviation, and 95-percent confidence interval on one or more groupings of data.
Keywords: Soil bulk density, soil water, soil monitoring, computer programs / programing
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Starr, Lynn G.; Geist, Michael J.  1983.  BDEN: A timesaving computer program for calculating soil bulk density and water content..   Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-153. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 16p




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