Spatial variability of hydraulic properties and sediment characteristics in a deep alluvial unsaturated zone

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 276-289

  Botros, Farag E ^a,b,c   Harter, Thomas ^a   Onsoy, Yuksel S ^a,d   Tuli, Atac ^a   Hopmans, Jan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Daniel B Stephens and Associates   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d KENNEDY JENKS CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LITHOFACIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RHIZOSPHERE; SEDIMENT PROPERTY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREAM CHANNEL; VADOSE ZONE; VARIOGRAM;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67149125604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0087     Document Type: Article

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