Effective porosity and flow rate with infiltration at low tensions into a well-structured subsoil

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 131-133

  Lin, H S ^a   McInnes, K J ^b   Wilding, L P ^b   Hallmark, C T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracing; Fractional wetting; Macropore flow; Structured soil; Tension infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

CLAY; FLOW OF WATER; POROSITY; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

DYE TRACING; FRACTIONAL WETTING; MACROPORE FLOW; STRUCTURED SOIL; TENSION INFILTROMETER;

INFILTRATION;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH; SOILS;

EID: 0029656845     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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