Simulating soil water dynamics in a cutover bog

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Kennedy, G W ^a   Price, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Modeling; Peat; Peatland

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; PEAT; UNDERWATER SOILS;

CUTOVER BOG; PEAT BULK DENSITY; SOIL WATER DYNAMICS; VOLUME CHANGES;

GROUNDWATER FLOW;

FLOW MODELING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEATLAND; PORE SPACE; SOIL WATER;

EID: 12544252259     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003099     Document Type: Article

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