Modelling water flow and solute transport in heterogeneous soils: A review of recent approaches

Journal of Agricultural and Engineering Research

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 231-256

  Feyen, Jan ^a   Jacques, Diederik ^a   Timmerman, Anthony ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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EID: 0001196778     PISSN: 00218634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaer.1998.0272     Document Type: Review

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