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1. 1. Effects of trees and termite nests in agroforestry parklands on preferential water flows : image analysis of soil profiles after rain simulations and dye experiments

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

   Author : Addisu Almaw Semeneh; [2012]
   Keywords : Preferential water flow; macro pores; infiltration capacity; termites; Vittelaria paradoxa; tropics; Burkina Faso; brilliant blue tracer;

   Abstract : Water scarcity is a critical problem in semi-arid tropics of Burkina Faso. Agroforestry parklands, a land use where scattered trees are maintained with annual crops, is commonly practiced by farmers in which termite nests are integral components of the system. READ MORE

3. 2. Tracing water movement in the capillary fringe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Teknisk vattenresurslära

   Author : Pontus Pojmark; [2011]
   Keywords : Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The capillary fringe is a small zone on top of the ground water table where a low capillary tension keeps soil pores with water up to a certain level. Normally, calculations in hydrogeology consider that the capillary fringe only has vertical movement like the unsaturated zone in comparison to the ground water zone, which only has horizontal movement. READ MORE