A modified method for the in situ measurement of soil gas diffusivity

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 813-821

  Schwen, Andreas ^a,b   Böttcher, Jürgen ^a   Von Der Heide, Carolin ^a   Fandré, Tim ^a   Deurer, Markus ^c   Duijnisveld, Wilhelmus H M ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON MEASUREMENT; DIFFUSION CHAMBER; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; GAS CONCENTRATION; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS FLUX; GAS RESERVOIR; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; INVERSE MODELING; LABORATORY METHODS; LOAM SOILS; LOWER BOUNDARY; MEASUREMENT SETUP; SAND SOILS; SOIL CORES; SOIL GAS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL VOLUME; SOIL WATER; SPATIAL RESTRICTIONS; TIME COURSE; WATERSOLUBLE;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; INERT GASES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIFFUSIVITY; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; LOAMY SAND; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESERVOIR; SOIL EMISSION; SOIL GAS; SOIL WATER; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLUME;

EID: 83055169036     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2010.0272     Document Type: Article

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