Hydraulic Gradient and Wetting Rate Effects on the Hydraulic Conductivity of Two Calcium Vertisols
M. Moutiera,
I. Shainbergb and
G.J. Levyb
a Université catholique de Louvain, Unité de Génie Rural, Place Croix du Sud 2, bte 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
b Inst. of Soils, Water, and Environmental Sciences, Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), The Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50-250, Israel

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Fig. 1 Relative hydraulic conductivities as a function of (a) pore volume and (b) accumulated time for Yizreel leached with 0.01 M Cl- solutions (data for the fast prewetting treatment were taken from Moutier et al., 1998)
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Fig. 2 Relative hydraulic conductivities as a function of accumulated time for Yizreel exposed to slow prewetting and high hydraulic gradient treatment (50 min) following a zero hydraulic gradient treatment (16 h)
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Fig. 3 Relative hydraulic conductivities as a function of (a) pore volume and (b) accumulated time for Yizreel leached with deionized water (data for the fast prewetting treatment were taken from Moutier et al., 1998)
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Fig. 4 Relative hydraulic conductivities as a function of (a) pore volume and (b) accumulated time for Kedma leached with 0.01 M Cl- solutions
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Fig. 5 Relative hydraulic conductivities as a function of (a) pore volume and (b) accumulated time for Kedma leached with deionized water
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