Improved soil hydraulic conductivity function based on specific liquid-vapour interfacial area around the soil particles

Geoderma

Volumn 132, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 20-30

  Zand Parsa, Sh ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity function; Hydraulic conductivity model; Hydraulic diffusivity; Liquid vapour interfacial area; Tortuosity factor

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY FUNCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY MODEL; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; LIQUID-VAPOUR INTERFACIAL AREA; NEWTON-RAPHSON METHOD; SOIL PARTICLES; TORTUOSITY FACTOR;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 33645410297     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.04.020     Document Type: Article

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