Effect of scale on infiltration in a macropore-dominated hillslope

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 490-494

  Sarkar, Rupak ^a   Dutta, Subashisa ^b   Panigrahy, Sushma ^c  

^a UTTAR BANGA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

^c Indian Space Research Organization Space Application Centre   (India)

Author keywords

Hillslope; Infiltration; Macropores; Scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549134138     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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