Models of the water retention curve for soils with a fractal pore size distribution

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3025-3031

  Perrier, Edith ^a,e   Rieu, Michel ^b,e   Sposito, Garrison ^c   De Marsily, Ghislain ^d  

^a Services Scientifiques Centraux   (France)

^b ORSTROM   (France)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODELS; SOILS; WATER;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; PORE SIZE; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

EID: 0029660799     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01779     Document Type: Article

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