Can urban tree roots improve infiltration through compacted subsoils for stormwater management?

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2048-2057

  Bartens, Julia ^a   Day, Susan D ^a   Harris, J Roger ^a   Dove, Joseph E ^b   Wynn, Theresa M ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; CLAY MINERALS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOTEXTILES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; POWDERS; SEEPAGE; SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STORM SEWERS; UNDERGROUND RESERVOIRS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; BULK DENSITIES; CLAY LOAM SOILS; COMPACTED CLAYS; COMPACTED SOILS; DRAIN HOLES; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; GREEN ASHES; GROUNDWATER RECHARGES; HIGH WATERS; INFILTRATION RATES; NEW YORK; QUERCUS; RED MAPLES; ROOTING DEPTHS; STANDING WATERS; STORM WATERS; STORMWATER BMPS; STORMWATER DETENTIONS; STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; TREE ROOTS; URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENTS; URBAN TREES; WATER INFILTRATIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER; STORM WATER;

ACER; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CLAY; FRAXINUS; LOAM SOIL; OAK; PLANT ROOT; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL INFILTRATION; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; PLANT ROOTS; RAIN; SOIL; TREES; WATER MOVEMENTS;

ACER RUBRUM; FRAXINUS PENNSYLVANICA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 57049089328     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0117     Document Type: Article

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