This book presents a rigorous mathematical development of soil water and contaminant flow in variably saturated and saturated soils. Analytical and numerical methods are balanced: computer programs, among them MathCad and Fortran, are presented, and more than 150 practice and discussion questions are included. Students are thus exposed not only to theory but also to an array of solutions techniques. Those using the book as a reference will appreciate the careful development of basic flow equations, the inclusion of solutions and methodology currently available only in journals and proceedings volumes, and the examples and calculations directly applicable to their own work.

Warrick (his affiliation is not noted, though he thanks his students in his acknowledgments) has written a clearly organized text in advanced soil physics or vadose zone hydrology for use by students, researchers, and modelers who work with soil water flow, contaminant transport, and environmental pollution abatement. Mathematical development and analysis receive emphasis as the text describes the soil system, soil water flow, saturated flow, one-dimensional absorption, one-dimensional infiltration and vertical flow, multidimensional water flow in variably saturated soils, and solute and containment transport.

From Geoderma 12 (2004) 103-104

See Geoderma review

From Vadose Zone Journal 3:1490(2004)

See review by Jon Wraith