Dynamic evolution of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of a developing crust

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1131-1142

  Malam Issa, O ^a,b   Cousin, I ^a   Le Bissonnais, Y ^a   Quetin P ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Centre de Recherches en Environnement et Agronomie   (France)

Author keywords

Crust; Dynamic stages of crust formation; Matric potential; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM SOILS; CRUST FORMATION; DYNAMIC EVOLUTION; SOIL MATRIX;

CLAY; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; SILT;

SOIL TESTING;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LOAM; MATRIC POTENTIAL; SILTY CLAY; SOIL CRUST; SOIL WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; ILE-DE-FRANCE; PARIS; VILLE-DE-PARIS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4444248285     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1107     Document Type: Article

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