Capillary barrier effect from underlying coarser soil layer

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 641-648

  Stormont, John C ^a   Anderson, Clifford E ^a  

^a University of New Mexico   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAVEL; INFILTRATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SAND;

CAPILLARY BARRIER EFFECT; SOIL LAYER;

SOILS;

CAPILLARITY; INFILTRATION; SOIL COLUMN;

EID: 0032860244     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:8(641)     Document Type: Article

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