Determination of soil sorptivity and hydraulic conductivity from the disk infiltrometer

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1024-1030

  Zhang, Renduo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL; SORPTION;

DISK INFILTROMETER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL SORPTIVITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CALCULATIONS; CURVE FITTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SORPTION;

INFILTRATION EQUATION; INFILTROMETERS; SOIL SORPTIVITY;

SOILS;

EID: 0031415206     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1997.03615995006100040005x     Document Type: Article

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