Soil characteristics and landcover relationships on soil hydraulic conductivity at a hillslope scale: A view towards local flood management

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 497, Issue , 2013, Pages 208-222

  Archer, N A L ^a   Bonell, M ^a   Coles, N ^c   MacDonald, A M ^b   Auton, C A ^b   Stevenson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Flood management; Infiltration; Landcover; Overland flow; Soil hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

CONSTANT-HEAD WELL PERMEAMETER; FIELD-SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLOOD MANAGEMENT; LAND COVER; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL INFILTRATION; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CATCHMENTS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; RUNOFF; SOILS;

INFILTRATION;

CATCHMENT; FLOOD CONTROL; GRASSLAND; HILLSLOPE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LAND COVER; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; RAINFALL-RUNOFF MODELING; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL WATER; TEMPERATE FOREST; WOODLAND;

FLOODING; GEOLOGY; INFILTRATION; LAND USE; MOISTURE CONTENT; RUNOFF; SOIL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER FLOW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84879997420     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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