Application of a coil-type TDR probe for measuring the volumetric water content in weathered granitic bedrock

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 750-763

  Katsura, Shin'ya ^a   Kosugi, Ken'ichirou ^a   Mizuyama, Takahisa ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedrock; Coil type; TDR technique; Volumetric water content; Weathered granite

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; MOISTURE METERS; WATER CONTENT;

TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WEATHERED GRANITE;

FLOW OF WATER;

CATCHMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; MOISTURE METERS; WATER CONTENT;

BEDROCK; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; RAINFALL; SOIL MOISTURE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; WATER CONTENT; WEATHERED MEDIUM;

EID: 40649116466     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6663     Document Type: Article

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