Quasi-steady infiltration rates of highly permeable tropical moist savannah soils in relation to landuse and pore size distribution

Soil Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 185-195

  Mbagwu, J S C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bulk density; Land use; Nigerian soils; Preferential porosity; Saturated porosity; Soil physical properties; Water intake rates

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION RATE; LANDUSE; PORE SIZE; SAVANNA SOIL;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031150320     PISSN: 09333630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0933-3630(96)00138-9     Document Type: Article

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