Complementary techniques to assess physical properties of a fine soil irrigated with saline water

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1797-1807

  Basile, Angelo ^a   Buttafuoco, Gabriele ^a   Mele, Giacomo ^a   Tedeschi, Anna ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aggregate stability; Hydraulic conductivity; Image analysis; Pore size distribution; Salinity; Water retention

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE STABILITY; CLAY SOIL; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; IRRIGATION TREATMENTS; MACROPORES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POROSITY REDUCTION; PRESSURE HEADS; SALINE CONDITIONS; SALINE SOIL; SALINITY; SIZE RANGES; SOIL IMAGES; SOIL STRUCTURE; TENSION DISC INFILTROMETER; TOTAL POROSITY; UNDISTURBED SOILS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER FLOWS; WATER RETENTION; WATER RETENTION CURVE;

AGGREGATES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PORE SIZE; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

SALINE WATER;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROSITY; SALINITY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOLUTE; WATER FLOW; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 84864080142     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-011-1404-2     Document Type: Article

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