Soil water diffusivity determination by general similarity theory

Soil Science

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 727-734

  Shao, Mingan ^a   Horton, Robert ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; GENERAL SIMILARITY THEORY; INFILTRATION RATE; SOIL WATER; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 0030469892     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199611000-00001     Document Type: Article

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