Development of unstable flow and reduced hydraulic conductivity due to water repellence and restricted drainage

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hardie, Marcus ^a   Deurer, Markus ^b   Doyle, Richard B ^a   Lisson, Shaun ^a   Cotching, William E ^a   Matiern, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTECEDENT MOISTURE; ANTECEDENT SOIL MOISTURE; EFFECT OF WATER; ETHANOL SOLUTIONS; HELE-SHAW; INFILTRATION RATE; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; MACROPORES; NEAR FIELDS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RAPID INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER; UNSTABLE FLOWS; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER REPELLENCE; WATER REPELLENT SOILS; WATER REPELLENTS;

ETHANOL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILITY; WATERPROOFING;

INFILTRATION;

DRAINAGE; ETHANOL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERMEABILITY; SOIL MOISTURE; STABILIZATION; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 84870458532     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2011.0099     Document Type: Article

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