Water films and scaling of soil characteristic curves at low water contents

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Tuller, Markus ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SURFACE WATERS; THIN FILMS;

ARID ENVIRONMENTS; CAPILLARY FORCES; SWC MEASUREMENTS; WATER FILMS;

SOILS;

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SOIL WATER;

EID: 27644588332     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR004142     Document Type: Article

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