Using image analysis of tracer staining to examine the infiltration patterns in a water repellent contaminated sandy soil

Geoderma

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 865-875

  Lipsius, K ^a   Mooney, S J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye tracer; Hydrophobicity; Image analysis; Preferential flow; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

DYES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC MINERALS; SOIL POLLUTION; TAR;

DYE CONCENTRATION; DYE TRACER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; WATER REPELLENCY;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; REPELLENT; SANDY SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; WATER;

EID: 33751225033     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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