Column-scale unsaturated hydraulic conductivity estimates in coarse-textured homogeneous and layered soils derived under steady-state evaporation from a water table

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 519, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 1238-1248

  Sadeghi, Morteza ^a   Tuller, Markus ^b   Gohardoust, Mohammad R ^c   Jones, Scott B ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c SARI AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Effective hydraulic properties; Heterogeneity; Steady state evaporation; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; STEADY-STATE EVAPORATIONS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UPSCALING;

EVAPORATION; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; UPSCALING; WATER TABLE;

EID: 84908108344     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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