Water movement within the unsaturated zone in four agricultural areas of the United States

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1051-1063

  Fisher, Lawrence H ^a   Healy, Richard W ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FERTILIZERS; IRRIGATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER BUDGETS; WATER MOVEMENT;

GROUNDWATER;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; FERTILIZER; GROUND WATER; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); PRECIPITATION; TRANSPORT KINETICS; UNITED STATES; WATER FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; FRESH WATER; RAIN; UNITED STATES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 43749090266     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2006.0561     Document Type: Article

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