Bromide and chloride tracer movement in macroporous tile-drained agricultural soil during an annual climatic cycle

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 460-461, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-89

  Frey, Steven K ^a   Rudolph, David L ^a   Conant, Brewster ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Macropores; Seasonally variable hydrology; Tile drains; Vadose zone flow and transport; Winter melt events

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; CAPTURE ZONES; CHLORIDE TRACERS; CLIMATIC CYCLES; CLIMATIC EVENTS; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; HYDROLOGIC MONITORING; MACROPORES; MACROPOROUS; POSTHARVEST; PRECIPITATION EVENTS; SILT LOAM SOILS; TILE DRAINS; TRACER CONCENTRATION; VADOSE ZONE FLOW; WINTER MELT EVENTS;

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EFFLUENTS; SILT;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ANNUAL CYCLE; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; CLIMATE CYCLE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; GROWING SEASON; MACROPORE; MELT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATURATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SILTY LOAM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SURFACE WATER; THRESHOLD; TILE DRAIN; TRACER; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 84864779341     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.06.041     Document Type: Article

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