Scaling hydraulic properties of a macroporous soil

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1927-1931

  Mohanty, Binayak P ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOIL DEGRADATION; UNITED STATES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PORE SIZE; SCALE EFFECT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; SCALE EFFECT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033021993     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900050     Document Type: Article

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