Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity in limestone dolines: Influence of vegetation and rock fragments

Geoderma

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 288-294

  Li, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Contreras, Sergio ^b   Solé Benet, Albert ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doline; Hydraulic conductivity; Karstic landscape; Rock fragments; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; LIMESTONE; MICROFLUIDICS; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; ROCKS; RUNOFF; SOILS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; VEGETATION;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; BARE SOILS; ELSEVIER (CO); PRESSURE HEADS; ROCK FRAGMENTS; RUNOFF GENERATION; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TENSION INFILTROMETERS; UNSATURATED CONDITIONS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

SURFACES;

DOLINE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; KARST; LIMESTONE; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA DE GADOR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 45449098430     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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