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Infiltration of Water into Nonuniform Soils

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Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 4))

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A significant and vital phase of the hydrological cycle is the entry and movement of water in the soil profile. In field situations, infiltration of rainfall or irrigation water is generally a case of water movement into soil profiles of nonuniform water content and hydraulic conductivity. The basis upon which one may calculate an infiltration rate into a layered profile is the approximate theory of Green and Ampt (1911), who presented three equations to describe the phenomenon of soil water movement in downward, upward, and horizontal directions.

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  1. M. Bybordi
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  1. Institute of Soils and Water, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

    A. Hadas , M. Fuchs  & B. Yaron ,  & 

  2. Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA

    D. Swartzendruber

  3. Institute for Land and Water Management, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P. E. Rijtema

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Bybordi, M. (1973). Infiltration of Water into Nonuniform Soils. In: Hadas, A., Swartzendruber, D., Rijtema, P.E., Fuchs, M., Yaron, B. (eds) Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65523-4_10

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