Effects of laboratory procedures on the integrity of a sandy-loam soil sample for bi-directional measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 351-358

  Bagarello, Vincenzo ^a   Giordano, Giuseppe ^a   Sferlazza, Sebastiano ^a   Sgroi, Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Constant head permeameter; Saturated soil hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY MEASUREMENTS; BI-DIRECTIONAL; CONDUCTIVITY RATIO; CONSTANT HEAD; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; FIELD CAPACITY; LABORATORY DETERMINATIONS; LABORATORY PROCEDURES; PERMANENT WILTING POINTS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED SOILS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; TAP WATER; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME STABILITY; VALIDATED METHODS;

ANISOTROPY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SIPHONS; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 79959336534     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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