Stable or unstable wetting fronts in water repellent soils - Effect of antecedent soil moisture content

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 111-123

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

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical soft moisture content; Preferential flow; Unstable wetting; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WETTING FRONT;

EID: 0032474488     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(98)00082-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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