Assessing the potential for the occurrence and character of preferential flow in three Irish grassland soils using image analysis

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 362-371

  Kramers, G ^a,b   Richards, K G ^a   Holden, N M ^b  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brilliant Blue FCF; Image analysis; Initial water content; Preferential flow; Soil type

Indexed keywords

BRILLIANT BLUE FCF; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; GRASSLAND SOILS; INFILTRATION MECHANISMS; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL WATER CONTENT; LINEAR MIXED MODELS; LIQUID SOLUTION; POTENTIAL RISKS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SOIL TYPE; SOIL TYPES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS; SURFACE APPLICATIONS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RISK ANALYSIS; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WAVE PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GRASSLAND SOIL; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL TYPE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70349964424     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.08.021     Document Type: Article

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