Topographic controls upon soil macropore flow

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 345-351

  Holden, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brown earth; Hillslopes; Hydraulic conductivity; Hydrology; Infiltration; Macropores; Peat; Runoff; Soil; Stagnohumic gley

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES; BLANKET PEAT; BROWN EARTH; HILLSLOPES; INFILLING; INFILTROMETER; MACRO-POROSITY; MACROPORE FLOW; MACROPORES; NEAR-SURFACE; OVERLAND FLOW; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SLOPE POSITIONS; SLOPE SURFACES; SOIL HYDROLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STAGNOHUMIC GLEY; TENSION INFILTROMETER; TILLAGE IMPACTS; TOPOGRAPHIC CONTROL; WATER TABLES;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGY; PEAT; RUNOFF; SEEPAGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTROMETER; MACROPORE; OVERLAND FLOW; PEAT; POROSITY; RUNOFF; SATURATION; SLOPE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

EID: 66149152289     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1726     Document Type: Article

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