Hydraulic properties of a desert soil chronosequence in the mojave desert, USA

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 956-963

  Young, M H ^a   Mcdonald, E V ^b   Caldwell, T G ^c   Benner, S G ^d   Meadows, D G ^a  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; LANDFORMS; PAVEMENTS; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; PROMINENT FEATURES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL CHRONOSEQUENCE; TENSION INFILTROMETERS;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 18644385331     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.3.956     Document Type: Article

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