"Litter marks" around oil palm tree base indicating infiltration area of stemflow-induced water

• Main Authors: Abd. Rashid, Nor Suhada, Askari, Muhamad
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61489/1/MuhamadAskari2014_LitterMarksAroundOilPalmTreebaseIndicatingInfiltration.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/61489/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The “litter marks” which has the dark color and shape like a circle was found around the oil palm tree base. These litter marks seem to be caused by the infiltration excess overland flow due to higher intensity of stemflow than the infiltration capacity of surface soil. An experiment was conducted t...