Are soils like sponges?

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 913-918

  Richardson, Andrew D ^a   Siccama, Thomas G ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Field capacity; Peat; Soil; Sponge; Water drainage; Water potential curves

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; PEAT; POROUS MATERIALS; RAIN GAGES; SAND; SOILS;

WATER POTENTIAL CURVES;

HYDROLOGY;

DRAINAGE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL; WATER CONTENT;

POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL WATER; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0034254894     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-1688.2000.tb04316.x     Document Type: Article

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