Influence of antecedent soil moisture on hydraulic conductivity in a series of texture-contrast soils

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 3079-3091

  Hardie, Marcus A ^a,b   Doyle, Richard B ^a   Cotching, William E ^a,b   Mattern, Kathrin ^a   Lisson, Shaun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Parks Water and Environment ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Duplex soil; Preferential flow; Soil water model; Subsurface lateral flow; Vertic; Water repellent

Indexed keywords

DUPLEX SOILS; LATERAL FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SOIL WATER; VERTIC; WATER REPELLENTS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; SILICA; SOIL MOISTURE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SILICA; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84866176435     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8325     Document Type: Article

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