Modeling finger development and persistence in initially dry porous media

Geoderma

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 1996, Pages 207-229

  Nieber, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINGERING; MODELLING; POROUS MEDIA-FLOW THROUGH;

FINGERED FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0029656858     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0016-7061(95)00086-0     Document Type: Article

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