Testing laboratory methods to determine the anisotropy of saturated hydraulic conductivity in a sandy-loam soil

Geoderma

Volumn 154, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 52-58

  Bagarello, V ^a   Sferlazza, S ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Constant head laboratory permeameter; Saturated soil hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; ANISOTROPY CONSTANTS; AREA OF INTEREST; BI-DIRECTIONAL; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; LOAM SOILS; PERMEAMETERS; SAMPLE GEOMETRY; SAMPLE VOLUME; SAMPLING DATES; SAMPLING PROCEDURES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED SOILS; SATURATION STATE; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; TESTING LABORATORIES; TRANSPORT PROCESS; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VALIDATED METHODS; WATER PONDING;

ANISOTROPY; EXPERIMENTS; EXTRACTION; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORIES; SIPHONS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ANISOTROPY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SANDY LOAM; SATURATED MEDIUM; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 70449685704     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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