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Subsoil Profile Shattering in Virginia Piedmont Final Report, 1987 (Charlottesville Research Center Research Report No. 82)

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Title:
Subsoil Profile Shattering in Virginia Piedmont Final Report, 1987 (Charlottesville Research Center Research Report No. 82)
Description:
Four locations of the Subsoil Profile Shattering Study were installed from 1981 to 1983 on hardwood conversion sites in the Virginia Piedmont. Treatments consisted of: 1) control (no subsoiling); 2) subsoiling at a 12-inch bottom depth with a winged subsoil bar; 3) subsoiling with a winged subsoil bar pulled as deeply as possible, averaging about 16 inches; 4) subsoiling with a standard Caterpillar ripper foot pulled as deeply as possible, averaging about 14 inches.
Topics:
Forestry
Subjects:
Forestry laboratories
Soil management
Original Format:
Typescript
Extent:
13
Item identifier:
mc00496_549885_20221102_52026
Publisher:
MeadWestvaco (Firm) more info on MeadWestvaco (Firm) 
Created Date:
Genre:
Research reports
Names:
MeadWestvaco (Firm) more info on MeadWestvaco (Firm) 
Charlottesville Research Center (Crozet, Va.) more info on Charlottesville Research Center (Crozet, Va.) 
Location:
Crozet (Va.)
Digital Project:
MeadWestvaco