Water percolation through a clayey vadose zone

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 424-425, Issue , 2012, Pages 165-171

  Baram, S ^a   Kurtzman, D ^b   Dahan, O ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Desiccation crack; Infiltration; Preferential flow; Smectite dominated clay; Vadose zone; Waste lagoon

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PARTS; CLAY SEDIMENTS; CONTINUOUS MEASUREMENTS; DAIRY WASTES; DESICCATION CRACKS; GROUNDWATER QUALITY; HEAVY CLAY; MONITORING SYSTEM; NATURAL FORMATIONS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RAIN EVENTS; RAPID INFILTRATION; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TDR SENSOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VADOSE ZONE; WASTE LAGOON; WASTE LAGOONS; WATER PERCOLATION;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CLAY MINERALS; CLAY PRODUCTS; CRACKS; DRIERS (MATERIALS); GROUNDWATER FLOW; INFILTRATION; LAKES; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); SEDIMENTOLOGY; SOILS; SOLVENTS; WATER QUALITY;

GROUNDWATER;

CLAY SOIL; DAIRY FARMING; DESICCATION; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFILTRATION; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POREWATER; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SENSOR; SMECTITE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84856772593     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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