Quantifying preferential flow in soils: A review of different techniques

2009/08/13 by Suzanne E. Allaire, Suzanne Allaire, Stéphanie Roulier +2 · 440 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Engineering · Environmental Science · #Climate change and permafrost #Computer science #Environmental science #Geography #Geology #Geotechnical engineering #Groundwater #Groundwater flow and contamination studies #Hydrology (agriculture) #Scale (ratio) #Soil and Unsaturated Flow #Soil science #Soil water #Tracing

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.08.013

published in Journal of Hydrology 378(1-2), 179-204 (Elsevier BV)

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