Low tension water flow in structured soils

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 649-654

  Lin, H S ^a   McInnes, K J ^a   Wilding, L P ^a   Hallmark, C T ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

By pass flow; Capillary length scale; Infiltration; Macropore flow; Tension infiltrometer; parameter

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 0031420740     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S96-061     Document Type: Article

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