Prediction of solute spreading during vertical infiltration in unsaturated, bounded heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 715-723

  Sun, Alexander Y ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; PREDICTION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034059310     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900344     Document Type: Article

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