Groundwater recharge through verti sols: Irrigated cropland vs. natural land, Israel

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 662-674

  Kurtzman, Daniel ^a   Scanlon, Bridget R ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATED MODEL; CHLORIDE MASS BALANCE; CRACK NETWORKS; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; IRRIGATED CROPLAND; LAND-USE CHANGE; MATRIX; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PORE WATERS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RECHARGE FLUX; RECHARGE RATES; SOIL MATRICES; TEST MATRIX; UNSATURATED FLOWS; VADOSE ZONE;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEMS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; LAND USE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL TESTING; SOLS; SOLVENTS; WATER CONTENT;

RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS);

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BOREHOLE; CALIBRATION; CHLORIDE; CRACK PROPAGATION; FLOW MODELING; HYDROGEOLOGY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LAND USE CHANGE; MASS BALANCE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERCOLATION; POREWATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RECHARGE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSIENT FLOW; VERTISOL; WATER BUDGET; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

ISRAEL;

EID: 79960132460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2010.0109     Document Type: Article

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