Soil-water movement under natural-site and waste-site conditions: A multiple-year field study in the Mojave Desert, Nevada

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1901-1916

  Andraski, B J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FLUID FLOW; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; SOIL WATER; WASTE SITE; WATER POTENTIAL;

MOJAVE DESERT; NEVADA; USA;

FLOW OF WATER; ISOTHERMS; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBSIDENCE; THERMOCOUPLES;

ISOTHERMAL VAPORS; MOISTURE PENETRATION; SIMULATED WASTES; SOIL WATER MOVEMENT; TEMPERATURE DATA; THERMOCOUPLE PSYCHROMETER; UNSATURATED FLOWS; WATER POTENTIAL;

SOILS;

EID: 0030875454     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR01502     Document Type: Article

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