Macroporosity and initial moisture effects on infiltration rates in Vertisols and vertic intergrades

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-8

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Initial water content; Macropore flow; Shrink swell; Spatial variability; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; SOIL; TRANSPORT; WATER;

INFILTRATION; POROSITY; VERTISOL;

EID: 0031883802     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199801000-00002     Document Type: Article

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