Scientists who applied physics to soil, studying how water is held in soil and how it moves through it, how soils drain and how they store moisture for plants. Their work gave irrigation and drainage a mathematical basis and informs how fields are managed in dry and wet seasons. A person belongs here when their cited article names them as a soil physicist or as a researcher on soil water. The field also helps explain why some soils waterlog while others drain too fast.
All Soil Physics and Soil Water Scientists
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Franklin Hiram King (Wikipedia)
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Most attention was given to soil physics, for example, water-holding capacities of soils, moisture requirements of plants, aeration, movement of water in soils, movement of groundwater, the drafts of plows, and the lifting power of windmills; he also began studies of soil fertility.
Don Kirkham (Wikipedia)
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Don Kirkham (February 11, 1908, March 7, 1998) was an American soil scientist regarded as the founder of mathematical soil physics.
Martinus Theodorus van Genuchten (Wikipedia)
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Martinus Theodorus van Genuchten (born 13 February 1945) is a Dutch-Brazilian soil physicist and hydrologist known for his research on water flow and solute transport in unsaturated porous media.
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