HESS Opinions: Unsaturated infiltration – the need for a reconsideration of historical misconceptions
<p>Briggs (1897) deduced capillary flow from deviation of the equilibrium between capillarity and gravity. Richards (1931) raised capillary flow to an unproven soil hydrological dogma. Attempts to correct the dogma led to concepts of non-equilibrium flow, macropore flow, and preferential flow...
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| Language: | English |
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Copernicus Publications
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Hydrology and Earth System Sciences |
| Online Access: | https://hess.copernicus.org/articles/25/1097/2021/hess-25-1097-2021.pdf |