A drive point application of the Guelph Permeameter method for coarse-textured soils

Geoderma

Volumn 187-188, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-66

  Reynolds, W Daniel ^a   Lewis, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drive point; Guelph Permeameter; Hydraulic conductivity; HYDRUS 2D; Sorptive number; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

AUGERING; COARSE-TEXTURED SOILS; CONTINUOUS SHAPE FUNCTIONS; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOW ANALYSIS; GUELPH PERMEAMETER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRUS-2D; IN-SITU; NUMERICAL SIMULATION MODELS; POINT METHODS; PROGRESSIVE COLLAPSE; REGRESSION EQUATION; SANDY MATERIALS; SORPTIVE NUMBER; UNSATURATED ZONE; VADOSE ZONE; WATER DISCHARGES; WELL SCREENS;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS;

MATERIALS PROPERTIES;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CAPILLARITY; DISCHARGE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; STEADY FLOW; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84862116828     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.04.004     Document Type: Article

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