Prevalence and initiation of preferential flow paths in a sandy loam with argillic horizon

Geoderma

Volumn 89, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 307-331

  Perillo, C A ^a   Gupta, S C ^a   Nater, E A ^a   Moncrief, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye tracers; Leaching; Soil morphology; Solute transport; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ALFALFA; BRILLIANT BLUE FCF; SANDY LOAM; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

FLOW PATTERN; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SANDY LOAM; SOIL WATER;

EID: 0033029765     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7061(98)00087-1     Document Type: Article

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