Field-scale spatial variability of saturated hydraulic conductivity on a recently constructed artificial ecosystem

Geoderma

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-56

  Gwenzi, Willis ^a   Hinz, Christoph ^a   Holmes, Karen ^a,b   Phillips, Ian R ^c   Mullins, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Alcoa of Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Engineered covers; Geostatistics; Hazardous wastes; Recently constructed artificial ecosystems; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Spatial variability

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEMS; ENGINEERED COVERS; GEO-STATISTICS; HAZARDOUS WASTES; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; ECOSYSTEMS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MATERIALS HANDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GEOSTATISTICS; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KRIGING; LABORATORY METHOD; PEDOTRANSFER FUNCTION; PLANT WATER RELATIONS; SATURATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER BUDGET; WATER FLOW;

EID: 80053053443     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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