Reducing saturated hydraulic conductivity of sandy soils with polyacrylamide

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Hyoung, Michael ^a   Moran, Ernesto A ^a,b   Yu, Zhongbo ^b   Zhu, Jianting ^a   Smith, Del M ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c U S BUREAU OF RECLAMATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; FILTER MATERIALS; HEAD WATERS; LATTER MECHANISMS; LOAMY SANDS; NEW TECHNOLOGIES; POLYACRYLAMIDE; SANDY SOILS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; SEEPAGE LOSS; SOIL COLUMNS; SOIL PORES; SOIL SURFACES; SOIL TYPES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TEST SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT LEVELS; UNLINED CANALS;

ASSOCIATIVE STORAGE; CANALS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLYMERS; PULSE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

PNEUMATIC DRIVES;

HEADWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SANDY SOIL; SATURATION; SEEPAGE; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 60549089224     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0378     Document Type: Article

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