An approximate solution to the convection-dispersion equation of solute transport in soil

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 339-345

  Shao, M ^a   Horton, R ^b   Miller, R K ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical movement; Pollution; Solute parameter estimation; Solute transport

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER; CONVECTION; DISPERSION; SOIL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

CONVECTION DISPERSION EQUATION; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0031750452     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199805000-00001     Document Type: Article

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