Time-series analysis for determining vertical air permeability in unsaturated zones

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-77

  Lu, Ning ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATTENUATION; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POROUS MATERIALS; TIDES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

SUBSURFACE PRESSURE;

AIR PERMEABILITY;

AIR PERMEABILITY; SOIL GAS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED ZONE; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0033063151     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(1999)125:1(69)     Document Type: Article

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