Air permeability of porous materials under controlled laboratory conditions

Ground Water

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 558-565

  Springer, David S ^a   Loaiciga, Hugo A ^b   Cullen, Stephen J ^b   Everett, Lome G ^b  

^a Geraghty and Miller Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; DETERMINATION OF CONTENT; GLASS BEAD; MEASUREMENT; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIAL; SAND;

AIR PERMEABILITY; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY); POROUS MATERIALS; TEXTURES; WATER;

AIR PERMEABILITY TESTS;

SOIL TESTING;

AIR PERMEABILITY; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DRAINAGE; PERMEAMETER; POROSITY;

EID: 0032127972     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.1998.tb02829.x     Document Type: Article

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