Field study on macropore flow in typical black soils of northeast China

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 559-566

  Jiang, Xiaojin ^a   Wang, Enheng ^a,b   Chen, Xiangwei ^a   Xia, Xiangyou ^a   Shi, Changting ^a  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Dye tracers; Hood infiltrometers; Macropores

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE; DYE TRACER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFILTRATION; INFILTROMETER; MACROPORE; MOLLISOL; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TRACER;

CHINA;

EID: 84877138368     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS2010-041     Document Type: Article

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