Validation of an analytical method for determining soil hydraulic properties of stony soils using experimental data

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Ma, DongHao ^a,b,c   Shao, MingAn ^b   Zhang, JiaBao ^a   Wang, QuanJiu ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Rock fragment content; Soil water characteristic curve; Stony soils

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION EXPERIMENTS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONFIDENCE LEVELS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; ROCK FRAGMENT CONTENT; ROCK FRAGMENTS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SHAPE COEFFICIENTS; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; SOLUTE MOVEMENT; STONY SOILS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULICS; VADOSE ZONE; WATER FLOWS; WETTING FRONTS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCKS; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER ABSORPTION; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL TESTING;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANALYTICAL METHOD; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRAGMENTATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL COLUMN; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUME; WATER FLOW;

EID: 78650168716     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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