Water conservation and management with hydrophobic encapsulation of sand

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2237-2246

  Salem, Mohammed A ^a   Al Zayadneh, Wasef ^a   Cheruth, Abdul Jaleel ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Hydrophobic sand; Lactuca sativa; Silica; Soil minerals; Trimethylhydroxysilane

Indexed keywords

ARID LANDS; BEACH SAND; CAPILLARY BREAKING; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; ECO-FRIENDLY; ECOLOGICAL FACTORS; HYDROPHOBIC LAYERS; HYDROPHOBIC SAND; MODEL SYSTEM; PURE SILICA; PURE WATER; SAND GRAINS; SOIL MINERALS; WATER CONSUMPTION;

AGRICULTURE; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MINERALS; SILICA; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOILS; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SAND;

ENCAPSULATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SAND; SILICA; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER USE;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 77955052243     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9549-4     Document Type: Article

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