Quantifying Preferential Flow by Breakthrough of Sequentially Applied Tracers
Silt Loam Soil
K.-J.S. Kunga,
E.J. Kladivkoc,
T.J. Gishe,
T.S. Steenhuisd,
G. Bubenzerb and
C.S. Hellinge
a Dep. of Soil Science, Madison, WI USA
b Dep. of Biol. System Eng., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706-1299 USA
c Dep. of Agronomy, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN USA
d Dep. of Agric. and Biol. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
e Weed Science Lab., USDA-ARS, BARC-W, 10300 Baltimore Blvd., Beltsville, MD 20705-2350 USA

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Fig. 1 The mass flux of six chemicals during the first 10 days, while each was normalized by its applied mass
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Fig. 2 The breakthrough curves of the four conservative tracers and tile flow hydrograph
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Fig. 3 The breakthrough curves of the four conservative tracers plotted against the times since their applications
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