Hydropedological model of vertisol formation along the Gulf Coast Prairie land resource area of Texas

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2039-2053

  Nordt, L C ^a   Driese, S G ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BURROW; BYPASS; CLAY SOIL; CRACK; CRAYFISH; DARCY LAW; ECOHYDROLOGY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE PLANNING; PEDOGENESIS; PEDOLOGY; PRAIRIE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SLICKENSIDE; SOIL WATER; VERTISOL; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ASTACOIDEA;

EID: 70749109317     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-13-2039-2009     Document Type: Article

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