Quantifying heterogeneous transport of a tracer and a degradable contaminant in the field, with snowmelt and irrigation

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2871-2882

  Schotanus, D ^a   Van Der Ploeg, M J ^a   Van Der Zee, S E A T M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIVITY; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD SOIL; FIRST-ORDER DEGRADATION RATES; FLOW PATH; HETEROGENEOUS FLOW; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INFILTRATION FLUXES; INFILTRATION RATE; LEACHING CELL; MACROPORES; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SNOWMELT; SOIL HETEROGENEITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; TRACER CONCENTRATION; TRACER MASS;

CONTAMINATION; DEGRADATION; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IRRIGATION; LEACHING; SNOW MELTING SYSTEMS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; SOILS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

INFILTRATION;

DISPERSIVITY; DRAINAGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW PATTERN; HETEROGENEITY; INFILTRATION; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; LEACHING; MACROPORE; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL; REACTION RATE; SNOWMELT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

EID: 84865522883     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-16-2871-2012     Document Type: Article

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