Modeling the effect of soil amendments (composts) on water balance and water quality

Progress in Water Resources

Volumn 9, Issue , 2003, Pages 57-66

  Savabi, M R ^a   Shinde, D ^b   Konomi, K ^c   Nkedi Kizza, P ^b   Jayachandran, K ^c  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; COMPOSTING; CROPS; FORESTRY; GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; PESTICIDES; RAIN; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

NUTRIENT CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PERCOLATION COMPONENT; SOIL QUALITY;

WATER QUALITY;

EID: 3042521546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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