Although the retention of rain-water by a forest floor consisting of vegetation litter has large hydrological and geomorphological effects in a forested catchment, its physical processes have not yet been clarified. For ...
Solute transport in the unsaturated zone often occurs in preferential flow paths. There are several reasons for this, e.g., water repellency, the occurrence of fissures and cracks, animal burrows, decomposed root threads ...