Testing the concentric-disk tension infiltrometer for field measurement of soil hydraulic conductivity

Geoderma

Volumn 158, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 427-435

  Bagarello, V ^a   Castellini, M ^a   Iovino, M ^a   Sgroi, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Concentric disk tension infiltrometer; Soil hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURE; CLAY SOIL; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GRAVEL CONTENT; LARGE DISKS; MACRO-POROSITY; MEAN VALUES; ONEDIMENSIONAL FLOW; PIECE-WISE; PORE SYSTEM; PRESSURE HEADS; REGRESSION LINES; SANDY LOAM SOILS; SIMULTANEOUS EQUATIONS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; STEADY-STATE INFILTRATION; TENSION INFILTROMETERS; TEST DURATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTS;

CEMENTS; CLAY; DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ELECTRIC ARCS; GRAVEL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SEEPAGE; SOIL CONDITIONERS; SOIL MECHANICS;

SOIL TESTING;

CLAY SOIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTROMETER; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL TEST;

EID: 77955774780     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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