Desiccation of a clay by grass, bushes and trees

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 697-720

  Blight, Geoffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushes; Clays; Desiccation; Evapotranspiration; Grass; Soil water balance; Soil water content; Trees

Indexed keywords

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RADIOMETERS; SENSORS; SOIL MECHANICS; SOLAR ENERGY; WATER;

BUSHES; DESICCATION; GRASS; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TREES;

CLAY;

CLAY SOIL; DESICCATION; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

EID: 26444602995     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-004-9525-y     Document Type: Review

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