Infiltration of rain water in semi-arid areas under three land surface treatments

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 120, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-24

  Kargas, G ^a   Kerkides, P ^a   Poulovassilis, A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Soil moisture profile; Tillage

Indexed keywords

BARE SOILS; BULK DENSITY; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; HIGH WATER CONTENT; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; LOW PRESSURES; MOISTURE RETENTION CURVE; NATURAL VEGETATION; RAIN WATER; SEMI-ARID REGION; SEMIARID AREA; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILE; SOIL MOISTURE PROFILES; SOIL SURFACE LAYERS; SOIL SURFACES; SURFACE SOIL LAYERS; TILLAGE; WATER LOSS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; ARID REGIONS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

INFILTRATION;

EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LAND SURFACE; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RAINWATER; SATURATION; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WATER CONTENT;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84857131679     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2012.01.004     Document Type: Article

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