Influence of organic matter on the estimation of saturated hydraulic conductivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1330-1337

  Nemes, Attila ^a   Rawls, Walter J ^a   Pachepsky, Yakov A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC MINERALS; POROSITY; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING (GMDH); ORGANIC MATTER (OM); PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTIONS (PTF); SOIL STRUCTURES;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 22744443886     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0055     Document Type: Article

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