Fractional wettability and contact angle dynamics in burned water repellent soils

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 391, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 97-108

  Beatty, Sarah M ^a   Smith, James E ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADSA; Contact angle; Dynamics; Fractional wettability; Soil water repellence; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

ADSA; ADVANCING CONTACT ANGLE; ADVERSE EFFECT; AXISYMMETRIC DROP SHAPE ANALYSIS; DATA SETS; FRACTIONAL WETTABILITY; NATURAL MATERIALS; NEAR-SURFACE; NON-WETTING; POST-FIRE; SMALL SCALE; SOIL MATERIALS; SOIL WATER REPELLENCE; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; VADOSE ZONE; WATER REPELLENT SOILS; WETTING BEHAVIOUR; WILDFIRE;

CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMICS; FIRES; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATERPROOFING; WETTING;

SURFACES;

DATA SET; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; SOIL WATER; VADOSE ZONE; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77956191101     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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