Spatial trends in saturated hydraulic conductivity of vegetated dunes in the Nebraska Sand Hills: Effects of depth and topography

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 349, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 88-97

  Wang, Tiejun ^a   Zlotnik, Vitaly A ^a   Wedin, David ^b   Wally, Kathryn D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecohydrology; Hydraulic conductivity (Kfs); The Nebraska Sand Hills; Topographic effects; Vegetated dune

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

ECOHYDROLOGY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECTS; VADOSE ZONE; VEGETATED DUNE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AQUIFERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; VEGETATION;

DATA SET; DUNE; ECOHYDROLOGY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; VADOSE ZONE;

NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; SAND HILLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37549028865     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.10.027     Document Type: Article

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