Hydraulic conductivity of peat at Ellergower Moss, Scotland

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-274

  Clymo, R S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Peat bog; Scotland

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GROUNDWATER; PEAT; STIFFNESS;

HUMIFICATION; PIEZOMETER PIPES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BULK DENSITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEATLAND; PIEZOMETER; POREWATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1342268702     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.1374     Document Type: Article

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