Water flow and solute spreading in heterogeneous soils with spatially variable water content

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 415-426

  Harter, Thomas ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; SOIL WATER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0032894169     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900027     Document Type: Article

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