Soil-water interactions

by Iwata, Shingo

Combining a quantitative, mathematical analysis of the mechanisms of soil-water interactions with a physicochemical description of such processes, Soil-Water Interactions, Second Edition offers a clear and systematic overview of various soil-water phenomena and their application to soil problems such as water retention and the flux of water in soils and clays - emphasizing the latest pioneering achievements. Bringing together materials from many sources previously unavailable to English-speaking scientists, the Second Edition contains new material on the physical properties of adsorbed water...the application of fractal theory to solute and water flows in field soils...fingering research...the heterogeneity of hydraulic conductivity and how to handle it...solute movement in field soils, including experimental and theoretical results with convection-dispersion equations...and more.