Simulating nitrate leaching profiles in a highly permeable vadose zone

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-539

  Chesnaux, R ^a   Allen, D M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abbotsford Sumas aquifer; Characteristic curves; Infiltration front; Nitrate leaching; Unsaturated flow; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; LEACHING; NITRATES; SOIL MOISTURE;

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; INFILTRATION FRONTS; NITRATE LEACHING; UNSATURATED FLOWS; VADOSE ZONE;

INFILTRATION;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LEACHING; NITRATE; PERMEABILITY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

EID: 54349120713     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-007-9116-4     Document Type: Article

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