Spatial distributions of soil surface-layer saturated hydraulic conductivity and controlling factors on dam farmlands

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2247-2266

  Zhao, Peipei ^a   Shao, Mingan ^a   Wang, Tiejun ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Contributing factors; Dam farmland; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Spatial distribution; Surface layer

Indexed keywords

BULK DENSITY; CLAY CONTENT; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CONTRIBUTING FACTORS; CONTROLLING FACTORS; CROP YIELD; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; LAND-SURFACE PROCESS; LOESS PLATEAU; LONG-RANGE DEPENDENCIES; NEAR-SURFACE; OVERLAND FLOW; SAND CONTENT; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED WATER; SCALE INVARIANCE; SCALING PARAMETER; SILT CONTENTS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL PARAMETERS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SURFACE LAYERS; SURFACE RUNOFFS; UNDISTURBED SOILS; WATER FLOWS;

CATCHMENTS; CROPS; DAMS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SILT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; WATER CONTENT;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BULK DENSITY; CATCHMENT; DAM; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE LAYER; WATER CONTENT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77955053485     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-009-9550-y     Document Type: Article

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