Measurement and prediction of deep drainage from bare sediments at a semiarid site

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-40

  Gee, G W ^a   Keller, J M ^a   Ward, A L ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PRECIPITATION; COARSE MATERIALS; COARSE SEDIMENT; DARCY'S LAW; DEEP DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE RATE; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FINE SILT; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; HANFORD SITE; RECHARGE BASIN; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES; TEXTURE MODELS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VADOSE ZONE; WASHINGTON STATE; WATER INFILTRATION;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEEPAGE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEXTURES;

CATCHMENTS;

EID: 34347237205     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/4.1.32     Document Type: Article

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