Investigations relating to the absorption of precipitation and its penetration to the zone of saturation

Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
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This paper deals briefly with the methods and results from three separate investigations that are in progress as to the quantity of rain‐water that percolates downward to the water‐table in the localities where it falls.

1. Workers in the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of W. W. McLaughlin and in cooperation with the California State Department of Public Works, have used several related methods to intercept and measure the rainfall‐penetration. H. F. Blaney and C. A. Taylor have conducted these tests near Los Angeles. A report covering this work, with H. F. Blaney, C. A. Taylor, and A. A. Young as co‐authors, will be published in the near future as a bulletin by the State of California, Department of Public Works, Division of Water Resources. Rough sketches of some of the apparatus used are shown in Figures 1 and 2.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Investigations relating to the absorption of precipitation and its penetration to the zone of saturation
Series title Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union
DOI 10.1029/TR012i001p00206
Volume 12
Issue 1
Year Published 1931
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Description 6 p.
First page 206
Last page 211
Country United States
State California
City Los Angeles
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