Flow through macropores of different size classes in blanket peat

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 364, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 342-348

  Holden, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effective porosity; Infiltration; Macropores; Peat; Runoff; Tension infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; INFILTRATION; POROSITY; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS;

BLANKET PEATS; CALLUNA; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; DIFFERENT SIZES; EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EUROPEANS; INFILTRATION MEASUREMENTS; MACROPORE FLOWS; MACROPORES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDES; PERCOLATION RATES; RUNOFF GENERATIONS; SOIL DEPTHS; SOURCE AREAS; SURFACE COVERS; TENSION INFILTROMETER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER TENSIONS;

PEAT;

CATCHMENT; HEADWATER; INFILTRATION; MACROPORE; PEAT; POROSITY; RUNOFF;

CALLUNA; ERIOPHORUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 58149183667     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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