Simultaneous measurement of water retention and electrical conductivity in soils: Testing the Mualem-Friedman tortuosity model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1781-1787

  Weerts, A H ^a   Bouten, W ^a   Verstraten, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL; WATER FLOW;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; PORE SPACE; SOIL WATER; TORTUOSITY; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0032979214     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900022     Document Type: Article

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