Investigations of soil cracking and preferential flow in a weighing lysimeter filled with cracking clay soil

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 393, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 105-113

  Greve, A ^a   Andersen, M S ^a   Acworth, R I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cracking clay soil; Macropore flow; Preferential flow; Soil cracks

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; CRACK DYNAMICS; CRACK FORMATION; CRACK LOCATION; DEEP DRAINAGE; DRAINAGE WATER; DRY SOIL; FLOOD IRRIGATION; FLOW PATH; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY; MACROPORE FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SIMULATED RAINFALL; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL MATRICES; SOIL SURFACES; SUBSURFACE SOIL; SURFACE EXPRESSION; SURFACE RUNOFFS; VIDEOSCOPE;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CLAY; CRACKING (CHEMICAL); GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; LOCATION; LYSIMETERS; SOIL SURVEYS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WEIGHING;

CRACKS;

BROMIDE; CLAY SOIL; DRAINAGE WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LYSIMETER; MACROPORE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RUNOFF; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL CRACKING; SOIL PROFILE; TRACER;

EID: 77957754083     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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