Spatial scale-dependence of preferred flow domains during infiltration in a layered field soil

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 385-396

  Dyck, M F ^a   Kachanoski, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECEPTORS; FIELD SOIL; FLOW DOMAINS; FOURIER-DOMAIN; MITIGATION STRATEGY; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; QUASI-STEADY; REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENTARY VOLUME; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL WATER FLUXES; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL SCALE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY PROBES; WATER APPLICATION RATE; WATER FLUX; WETTING FRONTS;

GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

DARCY LAW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LOW FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION CONTROL; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL WATER; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UPLAND REGION;

EID: 77955444042     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2009.0093     Document Type: Article

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