Moisture structures of laterally expanding fingering flows in sandy soils

Geoderma

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 197-217

  Kawamoto, Ken ^a   Mashino, Satoko ^a   Oda, Masanobu ^a   Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingering flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Lateral expansion of fingers; Rainfall infiltration; Sandy soil; Sorptivity

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; MOISTURE; RAIN; SAND;

SANDY SOILS;

SOILS;

FINGERING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SANDY SOIL; SORPTION;

EID: 1442266681     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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