Modeling soil hydraulic properties for a wide range of soil conditions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 219, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 300-316

  Balland, Vincent ^a   Pollacco, Joseph A P ^a   Arp, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Available water; Coarse fragments; Depth; Field capacity; Organic matter; Permanent wilting point; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil bulk density; Texture

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CLAY MINERALS; ELASTIC MODULI; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; TEXTURES; UNDERWATER SOILS;

AVAILABLE WATER; COARSE FRAGMENTS; DEPTH; FIELD CAPACITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERMANENT WILTING POINT; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL BULK DENSITY;

SOILS;

BULK DENSITY; EQUATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FIELD CAPACITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; ORGANIC MATTER; SATURATION; SOIL SURVEY; SOIL WATER;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 55249098089     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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