A field assessment of the Simplified Falling Head technique to measure the saturated soil hydraulic conductivity

Geoderma

Volumn 187-188, Issue , 2012, Pages 49-58

  Bagarello, V ^a   D'Asaro, F ^a   Iovino, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Field saturated soil hydraulic conductivity; Measurement techniques; Simplified Falling Head technique

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM SOILS; COEFFICIENTS OF VARIATIONS; FIELD ASSESSMENT; FIELD SOIL; GENERAL DESCRIPTION; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION PROCESS; INFILTROMETERS; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; RING SIZE EFFECTS; RING SIZES; SATURATED SOILS; SHORT DISTANCES; SIMPLIFIED FALLING HEAD TECHNIQUE; SMALL RINGS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; TENSION INFILTROMETERS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PONDING; SOIL SURVEYS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

CLAY LOAM; FIELD METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTROMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SATURATED MEDIUM; SOIL ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861215223     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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