Prediction of unsaturated soil hydraulic conductivity with electrical conductivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Doussan, Claude ^a   Ruy, Stéphane ^a  

^a UAPV   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLAY CONTENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FIELD SCALE; HIGH VARIABILITY; LITERATURE DATA; MATRIC POTENTIAL; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SOLUTIONS; UNSATURATED SOIL; WATER FLUX;

CLAY MINERALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; TOMOGRAPHY;

SOIL TESTING;

DATABASE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; MATRIC POTENTIAL; SOIL WATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 72149094604     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007309     Document Type: Article

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