Measurement and simulation of the effect of compaction on the pore structure and saturated hydraulic conductivity of grassland and arable soil

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Matthews, G P ^a   Laudone, G M ^a   Gregory, A S ^b   Bird, N R A ^a   De G Matthews, A G ^c   Whalley, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABLE SOILS; BETA DISTRIBUTIONS; FARMYARD MANURE; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENT AND SIMULATION; POROUS NETWORKS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SMALL FEATURES; STATISTICAL APPROACH; UNIMODAL; VOID NETWORK MODELS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

COMPACTION; CURVE FITTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARTIFACT; COMPACTION; GRASSLAND SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MANURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE SPACE; POROSITY; SOIL WATER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPSOIL; WATER RETENTION;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952251848     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007720     Document Type: Article

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