Hydraulic conductivity, diffusivity, and sorptivity of unsaturated soils: Field methods

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 1: Physical and Mineralogical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 771-798

  Green, Richard E ^a   Ahuja, Lajpat R ^b   Chong, She Kong ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b USDA ARS   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controlled flux method; Hydraulic conductivity; Infiltration theory; Soil water flow theory; Sorptivity; Sprinkler imposed steady flux method; Unsaturated soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102994161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.1.2ed.c30     Document Type: Chapter

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