Field tracer investigation of unsaturated zone flow paths and mechanisms in agricultural soils of northwestern Mississippi, USA

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 396, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Perkins, Kim S ^a   Nimmo, John R ^a   Rose, Claire E ^b   Coupe, Richard H ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer recharge; Bromide tracer; Infiltration; Preferential flow; Solute transport; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL AREAS; AGRICULTURAL SOILS; ALLUVIAL AQUIFERS; AQUIFER RECHARGE; BROMIDE TRACER; CAPILLARY BARRIERS; DOWNWARD FLOW; DRAINAGE DITCHES; FINE-TEXTURED SOILS; FLOW PATH; LAND SURFACE; MASS BALANCE; MISSISSIPPI; NONUNIFORM; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; REGIONAL GROUNDWATER; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; ROOT ZONE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOYBEAN FIELDS; SUBSURFACE MONITORING; SURFACE CRACKING; SURFACE FLOW; TRANSPORT MECHANISM; UNSATURATED ZONE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER TABLES; WETTING FRONTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; AQUIFERS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; IRRIGATION; LAKES; SEEPAGE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SOLVENTS; SURFACE DEFECTS; WATER LEVELS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BROMIDE; DELTA; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; RECHARGE; RHIZOSPHERE; RUNOFF; SOIL TEXTURE; SOYBEAN; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE; WATER TABLE;

BOGUE PHALIA; MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 78650173763     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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