Soil Water Distribution and Movement in Layered Soils of a Dam Farmland

Water Resources Management

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 3871-3883

  Zhao, Peipei ^a,b   Shao, Ming An ^c   Melegy, Ahmed A ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Dam farmland; Layered soil; Loess Plateau; Soil water content; Wetting front

Indexed keywords

DAM FARMLANDS; LAYERED SOILS; LOESS PLATEAU; SOIL WATER CONTENT; WETTING FRONT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AQUIFERS; DAMS; FARMS; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WETTING;

SOIL SURVEYS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; INFILTRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; RAINFALL; SIMULATION; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TABLE; WETTING FRONT;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 77957718004     PISSN: 09204741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11269-010-9638-4     Document Type: Article

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