Soil macroporosity in relation to subsurface drain location on a sloping clay field in humid climatic conditions

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 275-284

  Alakukku, L ^a   Nuutinen, V ^a   Ketoja, E ^b   Koivusalo, H ^c   Paasonen Kivekas M ^c  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biopore; Earthworm; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

BIOPORES; CLAY SOIL; DOWNSLOPE; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; GROUND WATER LEVEL; GROUND WATER TABLE; HUMID CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; IN-SITU; MACRO-POROSITY; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL LAYER; SOIL PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL PROFILES; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL SAMPLING; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE DRAINS; VERTICAL PROFILE;

CLAY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; BURROW; CAMBISOL; CLAY SOIL; DRAIN; EARTHWORM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACROPORE; POSTGLACIAL; SLOPE; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER TABLE;

EID: 76449118663     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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