Estimation of the unsaturated hydraulic conductivity from the pressure distribution in a centrifugal field

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-477

  Basha, H A ^a   Mina, N I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LABORATORY METHOD; SOIL COLUMN;

EID: 0032943202     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998WR900060     Document Type: Article

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