Water transport in soils as in fractal media

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 204, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 98-107

  Pachepsky, Yakov ^a,b   Timlin, Dennis ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractals; Richards' equation; Soil characterization; Soil physical properties; Unsaturated zone; Water movement in soil

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTALS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOILS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

RICHARDS' EQUATION;

HYDROLOGY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SOIL WATER; WATER TRANSPORT;

EID: 0032579429     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(97)00110-8     Document Type: Article

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