Preferential and unstable flow: From the pore to the catchment scale

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Gerke, Horst H ^a   German, Peter ^b   Nieber, John ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CATCHMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRAVITY FLOW; LEACHING; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 77955462464     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0059     Document Type: Article

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