Soil structural interfaces in some Texas Vertisols and their impact on solute transport

Catena

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 477-493

  Morgun Nobles, M ^a   Wilding, L P ^a   McInnes, K J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Preferential flow; Slickenside; Structural surfaces; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER; VERTISOL;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346398580     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0341-8162(03)00122-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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