Controls of land use and soil structure on water movement: Lessons for pollutant transfer through the unsaturated zone

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 369, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Bachmair, Sophie ^a   Weiler, Markus ^a   Nützmann, Gunnar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dye tracer experiments; Land use and land cover (LULC); Preferential flow; Soil structure formation; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

DYE TRACER EXPERIMENTS; LAND USE AND LAND COVER (LULC); PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL STRUCTURE FORMATION; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

EXPERIMENTS; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DYE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND USE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW;

EID: 65249123452     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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