Estimation of soil moisture profile and diffusivity using simple laboratory procedures

Soil Science

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 118-127

  Evangelides, Chris ^a   Arampatzis, George ^b   Tzimopoulos, Christos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Diffusivity; Experimental procedure; Soil moisture profile; Sorptivity; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SORPTION; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 77949958806     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3181d53bb6     Document Type: Article

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