Measurement of field soil hydraulic and solute transport parameters

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1172-1178

  Casey, Francis X M ^a   Logsdon, Sally D ^b   Horton, Robert ^a   Jaynes, Dan B ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

MASS EXCHANGE COEFFICIENT; MOBILE-IMMOBILE MODEL; TENSION INFILTROMETERS;

SOIL MECHANICS;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032170113     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj1998.03615995006200050003x     Document Type: Article

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