On the transport properties of anisotropic networks of capillaries

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 339-347

  Friedman, Shmulik P ^a   Seaton, Nigel A ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CAPILLARY; COORDINATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; HEAT; LIQUID; MODEL; ROCK; SOIL; SOLID; SOLUTE;

EID: 0029781958     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95WR02830     Document Type: Article

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