Analytical method for estimating soil hydraulic parameters from horizontal absorption

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 727-736

  Ma, Donghao ^a   Wang, Quanjiu ^b,c   Shao, MingAn ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c XI'AN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; BROOKS-COREY MODEL; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRUS-1D; IMPROVED METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SAND SOILS; SIMPLE APPROACH; SOIL HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; TYPICAL SOILS; VADOSE ZONE; WATER DIFFUSIVITY; WATER FLUX;

ABSORPTION; CLAY MINERALS; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC MODELS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TEXTURES; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL TESTING;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DIFFUSIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOFTWARE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 65949109720     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0050     Document Type: Article

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