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Preferred term

hydraulic conductivity

Definition

  • The ability of a material to transmit water under saturated or nearly saturated conditions. Hydraulic conductivity is found by measuring the fluid flow through cross-sectional area over time and requires sampling by undisturbed soil cores

Broader concept

Note

  • [source of definition ] http://prometheuswiki.publish.csiro.au/tiki-index.php?page=Hydraulic+conductance+and+conductivity#sthash.WiD2TWpg.dpuf" , "[controlled by ] S Stoll 2013-06-20

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/22133

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