Accounting for bias and boundary condition effects on measurements of saturated core hydraulic conductivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 750-757

  Madsen, Matthew D ^a,b   Chandler, David G ^a,c   Reynolds, W Daniel ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 129 Seaton Hall   (United States)

^d HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

FLUX DENSITY; HEAD GRADIENT; SAND COLUMNS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LINEAR REGRESSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOIL SURVEYS;

CLAY LOAM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC HEAD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 43949130746     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0254     Document Type: Article

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