Predicting the film and lens water volume between soil particles using particle size distribution data

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 475, Issue , 2012, Pages 403-414

  Mohammadi, M H ^a   Meskini Vishkaee, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZANJAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air water interface; Particle assemblage; Soil hydraulic properties

Indexed keywords

ADSORBED WATER; AIR WATER INTERFACES; BULK DENSITY; CLAY PARTICLES; GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS; HIGH SURFACE ENERGY; MATRIC SUCTIONS; PARTICLE ASSEMBLAGE; PORE GEOMETRY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL PARTICLE SIZE; SOIL PARTICLES; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; VAN DER WAALS; WATER LENS; WATER VOLUMES;

PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE TENSION; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

FORECASTING;

AIR-WATER INTERACTION; BULK DENSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; POREWATER; ROUGHNESS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84870250184     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.10.024     Document Type: Article

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