Modeling and field evidence of finger formation and finger recurrence in a water repellent sandy soil

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 555-567

  Ritsema, Coen J ^a   Dekker, Louis W ^a   Nieber, John L ^b   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b 210 Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Bldg   (United States)

^c Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINGERING; SANDY SOIL;

HYSTERESIS; RAIN; SAND; WATERPROOFING; WETTING;

ANALYSIS AND MODELING; FINGER FORMATION; HIGH-VELOCITY FLOWS; SURROUNDING SOILS; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER REPELLENT SOILS; WATER REPELLENTS; WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

EID: 0031945075     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR02407     Document Type: Article

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