Estimating relative hydraulic conductivity from lognormally distributed particle-size data

Geoderma

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 421-430

  Hwang, Sang Il ^a   Hong, Sang Pyo ^b  

^a Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^b Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lognormally distributed particle size; Relative hydraulic conductivity; Water retention curve

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER ABSORPTION;

LOGNORMALLY DISTRIBUTED PARTICLE-SIZE; RELATIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL TYPE; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 33745288776     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.08.006     Document Type: Article

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