An Analytical Method for Relationship Between Hydraulic Diffusivity and Soil Sorptivity1 1 Project supported by the Hundred Talents Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the National Basic Research Program of China (No. 2005CB121103) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40371057 and 50479065).

Pedosphere

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 444-450

  WANG, Quan Jiu ^a,b   ZHANG, Jiang Hui ^b   FAN, Jun ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

disc infiltrometer; hydraulic diffusivity; infiltration; soil hydraulic parameter; sorptivity

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL WATER;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33845484649     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(06)60074-X     Document Type: Article

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