Evaporation from cultivated soils containing rock fragments

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 182, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 65-82

  Van Wesemael, B ^a,d   Poesen, J ^a,b   Kosmas, C S ^c   Danalatos, N G ^c   Nachtergaele, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; REFLECTOMETERS; ROCKS; SOILS;

FINE EARTH WATER CONTENT; ROCK FRAGMENTS; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EVAPORATION;

ARID REGION; CULTIVATED SOIL; EVAPORATION; ROCK FRAGMENT; SOIL;

EID: 0030185040     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02931-1     Document Type: Article

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