Analytical decomposition of the nonlinear unsaturated flow equation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-407

  Serrano, Sergio E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUATION; FLOW; GROUNDWATER; SOIL-WATER INTERACTION;

GROUNDWATER; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 0031909526     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03348     Document Type: Article

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