Regional-scale variation and distribution patterns of soil saturated hydraulic conductivities in surface and subsurface layers in the loessial soils of China

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 487, Issue , 2013, Pages 13-23

  Wang, Yunqiang ^a,b,c   Shao, Ming'an ^b   Liu, Zhipeng ^c   Horton, Robert ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION   (China)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Land use; Minimum data set; Principal component analysis; Soil hydraulic conductivity; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

GEO-STATISTICS; MINIMUM DATA SET; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SATURATED SOIL-WATER CONTENTS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; SOIL TEXTURES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEXTURES; VEGETATION;

SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; KRIGING; LAND USE; LOESS; SAMPLING; SATURATION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION;

CHINA; LOESS PLATEAU;

EID: 84875683485     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.02.006     Document Type: Article

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