Preferential solute flow in intact soil columns measured by SPECT scanning

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 469-477

  Perret, Johan ^a   Prasher, S O ^a   Kantzas, A ^b   Hamilton, K ^b   Langford, C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; SCANNING;

PLANAR IMAGING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (SPECT);

SOIL MECHANICS;

IMAGING METHOD; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0034164048     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2000.642469x     Document Type: Article

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