Scaling relationships between saturated hydraulic conductivity and soil physical properties

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1691-1702

  Zeleke, Takele B ^a   Bing, Cheng Si ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; FRACTALS; SOILS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

MULTIFRACTALS; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION (PTF); PROCESS MODELING; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 27644556547     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0072     Document Type: Article

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