Estimating hydraulic conductivity of a fine-textured soil using tension infiltrometry

Geoderma

Volumn 124, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Ventrella, D ^a   Losavio, N ^a   Vonella, A V ^a   Leij, F J ^b  

^a Istituto Sperimentale Agronomico   (Italy)

^b U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay soil; Parameter estimation; Soil hydraulic properties; Tension infiltrometer

Indexed keywords

FINE-TEXTURED SOIL; STEADY-STATE TENSION; TENSION INFILTROMETRY;

HYDRAULICS; INFILTRATION; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TENSILE TESTING;

SOILS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTROMETER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SOIL WATER;

EID: 9644289350     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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