Antecedent soil moisture affecting surface cracking of a Vertisol in field conditions

Geoderma

Volumn 157, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 109-117

  Kishné, Andrea Sz ^a   Morgan, Cristine L S ^a   Ge, Yufeng ^a   Miller, Wesley L ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

Hysteresis; Recharge; Shrinkage crack; Soil water; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; HYSTERESIS; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURVEYS; SURFACE DEFECTS; WATER CONTENT; WETTING;

ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; RECHARGE; SHRINKAGE CRACKS; SOIL WATER; SURFACE CRACK MEASUREMENT; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VERTISOLS;

SOILS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANTECEDENT CONDITIONS; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GRASS; GRAVIMETRY; HYDROLOGY; HYSTERESIS; LABORATORY METHOD; LANDSCAPE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECHARGE; SHRINKAGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION TYPE; VERTISOL; WATERSHED; WETTING;

EID: 78650591222     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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