Characterization of preferential flow pathways through paddy bunds with dye tracer tests

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1756-1766

  Janssen, Manon ^a   Lennartz, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER SUPPLY;

BULK DENSITIES; DOMINANT PATHWAYS; DYE SOLUTIONS; DYE TRACERS; FLOW BARRIERS; GROUNDWATER LEVELS; INFILTRATION RATES; JIANGXI PROVINCES; MACRO POROSITIES; MACROPORE FLOWS; ORYZA SATIVA L.; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY RICE; PLOW PANS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SHRINKAGE CRACKS; TRANSPORT PROCESSES; WATER FLOWS; WATER LOSSES; WATER USE EFFICIENCIES;

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS;

DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PADDY FIELD; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TESTING METHOD; TRACER; WATER FLOW; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGXI;

ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 56749163800     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0032     Document Type: Article

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