Water Flow In Soils

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The new edition of a bestseller, Water Flows in Soils bridges the fields of soil physics-where descriptions of water flow tend to be microscopic- and hydrology - where they tend to be macroscopic. This work conveys the fundamental concepts of water flow in soils with clear and essentially nonmathematical explanations. The author elegantly elucidates the basic and advanced principles of water movement in soils. More than 750 figures, tables, and equations provide a concrete image of the water flow phenomena in soils. Tightly focused and packed with examples, the book is a practical resource for graduate students of agriculture and environmental engineering, and researchers in soil physics.

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DK1553_half 6/13/05 12:50 PM Page 1 Water Flow in Soils Second Edition DK1553_series 6/24/05 10:05 AM Page 1 BOOKS IN SOILS, PLANTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT Editorial Board Agricultural Engineering Robert M. Peart, University of Florida, Gainesville Crops Mohammad Pessarakli, University of Arizona, Tucson Environment Kenneth G. Cassman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln Irrigation and Hydrology Donald R. Nielsen, University of California, Davis Microbiology Jan Dirk van Elsas, Research Institute for Plant Protection, Wageningen, The Netherlands Plants L. David Kuykendall, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland Kenneth B. Marcum, Arizona State University, Tempe Soils Jean-Marc Bollag, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Tsuyoshi Miyazaki, University of Tokyo, Japan Soil Biochemistry, Volume 1, edited and G. H. Peterson Soil Biochemistry, Volume 2, edited Soil Biochemistry, Volume 3, edited Soil Biochemistry, Volume 4, edited Soil Biochemistry, Volume 5, edited Soil Bioche