Soil water content and water potential relationships

Soil Physics Companion

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 49-84

  Or, Dani ^a   Wraith, Jon M ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

BASIC CONCEPTS; DISSOLVED SALT; FOUNDATION MATERIALS; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SOIL WATER STORAGE; WATER POTENTIAL; WATER SOLUTIONS;

SOIL MOISTURE;

EID: 84992647024     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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