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Table 18.2 (continued)

Parameter CV (%) Soil texture Number of observations References

Dynamic properties
K s 48 Silty clay loam 33 Willardson and Hurst ( 1965 )

K s 320 Very coarse 36 Willardson and Hurst ( 1965 )

K s 322 (C1 horizon)

and 897 (C2
horizon)

Sandy loam 180 Mallants et al. ( 1996c )

Water diffusivity 284 (90%

saturation),
412 (60%)

Clay loam 20 Nielsen et al. ( 1973 )

Solute concentration 61 Loamy sand 32 Wild and Babiker ( 1976 )

Solute concentration 127 Loamy sand 36 Jury et al. ( 1983b )

Solute travel time 36 Sandy 14 sites Jury et al. ( 1982 )

Solute travel time 194 Loamy clay 20 plots Biggar and Nielsen ( 1976 )

Partly extracted from Jury ( 1985 ); extreme values have been presented