Influence of the thickness and grain size of tephra mulch on soil water evaporation

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-55

  Diaz, F ^a   Jimenez, C C ^a   Tejedor, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Canary Islands; Dry farming; Evaporation losses; Traditional farming; Volcanic mulch

Indexed keywords

EVAPORATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; REACTION KINETICS; SOILS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; WATER;

ARID CLIMATES; SOIL INSULATION; SOIL WATER EVAPORATION; TEPHRA MULCH;

COASTAL ZONES;

EVAPORATION; GRAIN SIZE; MULCH; SOIL MOISTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 16844375030     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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