Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of structured porous media: A review of liquid configuration-based models

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 14-37

  Tuller, Markus ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMINAR FLOW; LIQUIDS; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS);

HOMOGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INTERFACIAL CONFIGURATIONS; LAMINAR FLOW REGIMES; LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACE; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNSATURATED HYDRAULICS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0013213650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1.1.14     Document Type: Article

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