Scale dependence of soil permeability to air: Measurement method and field investigation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 547-560

  Garbesi, Karina ^a,c   Sextro, Richard G ^a   Robinson, Allen L ^a   Wooley, John D ^a   Owens, Jonathan A ^a   Nazaroff, William W ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Berkeley   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT; METHOD; MODEL; RADON; SOIL GAS; SOIL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0029669080     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR03637     Document Type: Article

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