Tracer and hydrometric study of preferential flow in large undisturbed soil cores from the Georgia Piedmont, USA

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-155

  McIntosh, Janice ^a   McDonnell, Jeffrey J ^a   Peters, Norman E ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough curve; Bromide; Chloride; Hydrologic pathways; Macropores; Matric potential; Preferential flow; Soil moisture; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

BROMINE; CHLORINE; FLOW OF WATER; MOISTURE; RAIN; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOLUTIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

HYDROLOGIC PATHWAYS; MACROPORES; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

HYDROLOGY;

MACROPORE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRACER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033557304     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1085(19990215)13:2<139::AID-HYP703>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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