Variable-suction multicompartment samplers to measure spatiotemporal unsaturated water and solute fluxes

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 148-159

  Bloem, E ^a,b   Hogervorst, F A N ^a   de Rooij, G H ^a   Stagnitti, F ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; PERCOLATION; POROUS MEDIUM; SAMPLER; SOIL SURFACE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCTION; TENSIOMETER; VADOSE ZONE;

AUSTRALIA; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77349092822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2008.0111     Document Type: Article

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