Characteristics of cracks in two paddy soils and their impacts on preferential flow

Geoderma

Volumn 228-229, Issue , 2014, Pages 114-121

  Zhang, Z B ^a,b   Zhou, H ^a   Zhao, Q G ^a   Lin, H ^c   Peng, X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cracks; Dye tracer; Paddy soil; Preferential flow; Tension infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; CULTIVATION; FLOODS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOILS;

DYE TRACER; FLOODING AND DRYING; PADDY SOILS; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; PRESSURE HEADS; SOIL HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TENSION INFILTROMETERS; WATER INFILTRATION;

CRACKS;

EID: 84899667741     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.07.026     Document Type: Article

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