Field measurement of the saturated hydraulic conductivity of a macroporous soil with unstable subsoil structure

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 841-852

  Arya, Lalit M ^a,b   Dierolf, Thomas S ^a,c   Sofyan, Agus ^d   Widjaja Adhi, I P G ^d   Van Genuchten, M Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Jasa Katom   (Indonesia)

^d Center for Soil and Agroclimate Research Bogor   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Confinement and overburden; Field saturation; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic head gradient; Macropore flow; Structural stability

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

INDONESIA; SITIUNG; SUMATRA;

EID: 0032439036     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199811000-00001     Document Type: Article

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