Relationship between the severity, persistence of soil water repellency and the critical soil water content in water repellent soils

Geoderma

Volumn 221-222, Issue , 2014, Pages 113-120

  Chau, Henry Wai ^a   Biswas, Asim ^b   Vujanovic, Vladimir ^a   Si, Bing Cheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact angles; Critical water content; Persistence; Severity; Soil water repellency; WDPT

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; OIL SANDS; WATER CONTENT;

CRITICAL WATER CONTENT; PERSISTENCE; SEVERITY; SOIL WATER REPELLENCY; WDPT;

SOIL MOISTURE;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HYDROLOGICAL REGIME; PERSISTENCE; RUNOFF; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

ALBERTA; ATHABASCA OIL SANDS; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

PINUS BANKSIANA;

EID: 84897108394     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.12.025     Document Type: Article

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