Cracks affect infiltration of furrow crop irrigation

Cracks can play a major role in water advance and infiltration in a cracking soil. Water flowing directly into subsurface cracks dominated the cumulative intake for the preirrigation at a site in the San Joaquin Valley. Differences in furrow inflow rates had little effect...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Blaine Hanson, Allan Fulton, David Goldhamer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources 1998-03-01
Series:California Agriculture
Online Access:http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v052n02p38