Soil freezing - The concept of soil water potential. State of the art

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-110

  Hohmann, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryosuction; Interface of ice water; Soil freezing; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

COLD EFFECTS; FREEZING; ICE; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POROSITY;

CRYOSUCTION; FREEZING POINTS; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL;

FROZEN SOILS;

SOIL FREEZING; SOIL WATER POTENTIAL; WATER MIGRATION;

EID: 0031103331     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-232X(96)00019-5     Document Type: Article

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