Gas permeability in undisturbed soils: Measurements and predictive models

Soil Science

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 180-189

  Moldrup, P ^a   Poulsen, T G ^a   Schjonning P ^b   Olesen, T ^a   Yamaguchi, T ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Brooks and Corey; Gas diffusivity; Millington and Quirk; Tortuosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031967059     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00010694-199803000-00002     Document Type: Article

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