Persistency of flow patterns in a water repellent sandy soil - Conclusions of TDR readings and a time-delayed double tracer experiment

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 375, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 524-535

  Wessolek, G ^a   Stoffregen, H ^a   Taumer K ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Critical water content; Effective cross section; Persistency; Preferential flow; Tracer experiment; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL WATER CONTENT; EFFECTIVE CROSS SECTION; PERSISTENCY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; TRACER EXPERIMENT; WATER REPELLENCY;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXPERIMENTS; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SAND; SEWAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATERPROOFING;

WATER CONTENT;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; PERSISTENCE; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SANDY SOIL; SEASONALITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; TRACER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 69349089642     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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