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The Physics of Infiltration

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Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 4))

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The important role of the soil in the hydrologic cycle can hardly be overemphasized. Particularly crucial to this role is the soil surface zone, where the interaction of atmospheric water with the lithosphere occurs. It is here that the complex partitioning between rainfall (or irrigation), infiltration, runoff, evapotranration, and deep seepage is initiated and sustained. This zone is also a primary site for the management and control by man of that all-important resource, water.

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  1. Institute of Soils and Water, Agricultural Research Organization, Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel

    A. Hadas , M. Fuchs  & B. Yaron ,  & 

  2. Department of Agronomy, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, USA

    D. Swartzendruber

  3. Institute for Land and Water Management, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    P. E. Rijtema

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Swartzendruber, D., Hillel, D. (1973). The Physics of Infiltration. In: Hadas, A., Swartzendruber, D., Rijtema, P.E., Fuchs, M., Yaron, B. (eds) Physical Aspects of Soil Water and Salts in Ecosystems. Ecological Studies, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65523-4_1

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