Repeated electromagnetic induction surveys for determining subsurface hydrologic dynamics in an agricultural landscape

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1750-1762

  Zhu, Qing ^a   Lin, Henry ^a   Doolittle, James ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL FIELDS; AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; APPARENT ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; DIPOLE ORIENTATION; FLOW PATH; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL AND WATER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL-WATER DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TEMPORAL CHANGE; TIME-PERIODS; VERTICAL DIPOLE; WET PERIOD;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROADS AND STREETS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVEYS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

EDDY CURRENTS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BEDROCK; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; GEOMETRY; HETEROGENEITY; HYDROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

EID: 77956241411     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0055     Document Type: Article

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