Electrical properties of partially saturated Topopah Spring tuff: Water distribution as a function of saturation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 577-587

  Roberts, Jeffery J ^a   Lin, Wunan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; CONDUCTION MECHANISM; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRICAL RESPONSE; FREQUENCY DEPENDENT IMPEDANCE; MICROSTRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

CONTAMINANTS; PERMEABILITY; WATER DISTRIBUTION;

CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CEC; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PERMEABILITY; RESISTIVITY; SATURATION; TUFF;

USA, NEVADA, NEVADA TEST SITE; USA, NEVADA, YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0030789019     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03905     Document Type: Article

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