Wetting fronts in one-dimensional periodically layered soils

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 387-427

  Fennemore, George ^a   Xin, Jack X ^b  

^a Gomega Inc   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Existence and stability; Periodically layered soils; Richards equation; Vertical infiltration; Wetting fronts

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SOILS; STABILITY; WATER; WAVES;

RICHARDS EQUATION; WETTING FRONTS;

FILTRATION;

EID: 0032045989     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139995292744     Document Type: Article

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