Application of a continuous-flow centrifugation method for solute transport in disturbed, unsaturated sediments and illustration of mobile-immobile water

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1747-1755

  Gamerdinger, A P ^a   Kaplan, D I ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; SEDIMENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STEADY FLOW; UNSATURATED FLOW;

MOISTURE; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CENTRIFUGATION METHODS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; MOBILE DOMAINS; MODEL APPROACH; MOISTURE SATURATION; SOLUTE VELOCITIES; STEADY-STATE FLOWS;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033840713     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900063     Document Type: Article

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