Morphological observations of dye tracer infiltration and by-pass flow in milled peat

Plant and Soil

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 167-178

  Mooney, S J ^a   Holden, N M ^a   Ward, S M ^a   Collins, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

By pass flow; Dye tracer; Macropores; Milled peat; Staining pattern

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032778857     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1004538207229     Document Type: Article

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