Constant Head Well Permeameter (Vadose Zone)

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4: Physical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 844-858

  Reynolds, W Daniel ^a   Elrick, David E ^b  

^a HARROW RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Constant head well permeameter method; Effective Green Ampt wetting front pressure head; Field saturated hydraulic conductivity measurement; Macroscopic capillary length parameter determination; Matric flux potential determination; Multiple head analyses; Single head analyses; Sorptivity determination; Two head analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125351389     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.4.c33     Document Type: Chapter

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