Soil surfactant stops water repellency and preferential flow paths

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 409-415

  Oostindie, K ^a   Dekker, L W ^a   Wesseling, J G ^a   Ritsema, C J ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actual water repellency; Critical soil water content; Soil surfactant; Time Domain Reflectometry; Water drop penetration time test

Indexed keywords

GOLF COURSE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; REDUCTION; SANDY SOIL; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SURFACTANT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TOPSOIL; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

BENELUX; BOSCH EN DUIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 56649083655     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2008.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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