Closed-Form Expressions for Water Retention and Conductivity Data

Ground Water

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 848-858

  Leij, Feike J ^a   Russell, Walter B ^a   Lesch, Scott M ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

WATER RETENTION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 0031235587     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1997.tb00153.x     Document Type: Article

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