A comparison of three measuring methods for estimating the saturated hydraulic conductivity in the shallow subsurface layer of mountain podzols

Geoderma

Volumn 219-220, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-88

  Jačka, Lukáš ^a   Pavlásek, Jirka ^a   Kuráž, Václav ^b   Pech, Pavel ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Guelph permeameter; Intact soil samples; Laboratory permeameter; Podzolic soils; Single ring infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE; GEOMETRIC MEAN VALUE; GUELPH PERMEAMETER; INFILTROMETERS; MEASUREMENT METHODS; PODZOLIC SOIL; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL SAMPLE;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTROMETER; LABORATORY METHOD; PERMEAMETER; PODZOL; SATURATED MEDIUM; SHALLOW SOIL; SUBSURFACE FLOW; WATER FLOW;

EID: 84892961864     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.027     Document Type: Article

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