Vadose Zone Hydrology

Based on papers presented at a conference on the vadose zone held in Davis, California, in 1995, this book presents some of the state-of-the-art research advances in the hydrology of the vadose zone (the region between ground level and the upper limits of the soil that is wholly saturated with water). The editors have selected essays from the fields of soils, hydrology, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and instrumentation, in line with their premise that our understanding of the vadose zone is imporved only through multi-disciplinary examination. REmaining within disciplinary boundaries, the editors state, limits "a comprehensive synthesis" of vadose zone phenomena.