Soil water content monitoring using electromagnetic induction

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 129, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1028-1039

  Reedy, Robert C ^a   Scanlon, Bridget R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Measuring instruments; Monitoring; Soil water

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MONITORING; NEUTRONS; WATER;

NEUTRON PROBES; WASTE CONTAINMENT;

SOILS;

DETECTION METHOD; ELECTROMAGNETIC METHOD; MONITORING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL WATER; WATER COLUMN;

EID: 0344873187     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2003)129:11(1028)     Document Type: Article

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