A field experiment with variable-suction multi-compartment samplers to measure the spatio-temporal distribution of solute leaching in an agricultural soil

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 105, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 131-145

  Bloem, E ^a   Hogervorst, F A N ^a   de Rooij, G H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Field experiment; Leaching surface; Soil heterogeneity; Soil physics; Solute transport; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CONVECTIVE TRANSPORTS; DISPERSIVE REGIMES; DRAINAGE PATTERNS; DYE TRACERS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FLOW PATHS; FLUX CONCENTRATIONS; FOUR ORDERS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; LEACHATE; PRESSURE HEADS; ROOT ZONES; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PHYSICS; SOIL SURFACES; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATIONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SUCTION CUPS; TIME AND SPACES; TRAVEL DISTANCES; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER FLUXES; WET SOILS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; LEACHING; MONITORING; SAMPLING; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLVENTS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LEACHING; PERCOLATION; SAMPLER; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL SURFACE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; UNSATURATED FLOW;

AGRICULTURE; FILTRATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; METALS; PRESSURE; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS; VOLATILIZATION; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 61649104293     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2008.11.010     Document Type: Article

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