Dynamics of water flow and fertilizer solute leaching in lateritic soils of Kharagpur region, India

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 77-98

  Behera, S ^a   Jha, Madan K ^a   Kar, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Groundwater pollution; Miscible solute displacement; NO3 and K + leaching; Perched water table; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULICS; LEACHING; MASS TRANSFER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; WATER;

WATER TABLE CONDITIONS;

SOILS;

FERTILIZER; FLOW ANALYSIS; LEACHING; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

FERTILIZER; FLOW PATTERN; LATERITE; LEACHING; SOIL WATER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KHARAGPUR; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

GASTROPODA;

EID: 0742288292     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3774(03)00175-6     Document Type: Article

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