Preferential flow is often thought of as a spatially and temporally highly variable and random
process and, as such, essentially unpredictable. This chapter discusses the experimental …

The water that we are drinking nowadays is the very same as was drunk by dinosaurs
millions of years ago. Even the quantity of water on Earth is approximately the same; it is …

Mountainous soils usually contain a large number of rock fragments, particles with a
diameter larger than 2 mm, which can influence soil hydraulic properties that are required to …

The rapid movement of water in a complex system of preferential pathways in soils is a
common natural phenomenon. However, quantification of the properties of this phenomenon …

Vegetation cover has a major effect on water flow in soils. Two sites, separated by distance
of about 50 m, were selected to quantify the influence of grass cover on hydrophysical …

Rock fragments in soil strongly increase the complexity of hydrological processes. Spatial
variability of preferential flow and infiltration characteristics, especially along a rocky …

The chapter presents the basic state of the art of water flow and solute transport modelling in
unsaturated zone of soil. It provides a brief overview of model development and …

This chapter provides a basic overview of the properties of stony soils: their main differences
compared to non-stony soils, their occurrence, classification, basic physical and …

The paper examines the impact of the interface depth between the superimposed organic
horizon and the organomineral A-horizon of forest soil on the water infiltration from the …

The application of Brilliant Blue FCF tracer enables to identify flow types in multi-domain
porous systems of soils via analyses of morphologic parameters of stained objects occurring …