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Vertical and lateral soil moisture patterns on a Mediterranean karst hillslope Cover

Vertical and lateral soil moisture patterns on a Mediterranean karst hillslope

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics
Volume 64 (2016): Issue 3 (September 2016)
By: Yolanda Canton,  Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero,  Sergio Contreras,  Luis Villagarcia,  Xiao-Yan Li,  Alberto Solé-Benet and  Francisco Domingo  
Open Access
|Jul 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/johh-2016-0030 | Journal eISSN: 1338-4333 | Journal ISSN: 0042-790X
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Language: English
Page range: 209 - 217
Submitted on: Jan 7, 2016
Accepted on: May 16, 2016
Published on: Jul 8, 2016
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology; Institute of Hydrodynamics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Soil moisture,
Soil water content,
Hillslope,
Soil properties,
Runoff,
Karstic,
Mediterranean
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© 2016 Yolanda Canton, Emilio Rodríguez-Caballero, Sergio Contreras, Luis Villagarcia, Xiao-Yan Li, Alberto Solé-Benet, Francisco Domingo, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Hydrology; Institute of Hydrodynamics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague
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