Capillary barriers: Design variables and water balance

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 126, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 695-708

  Khire, Milind V ^a,b   Benson, Craig H ^a,c   Bosscher, Peter J ^a,c  

^a ASCE ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Tonkin & Taylor Hamilton   (New Zealand)

^c University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY BARRIERS; WATER BALANCE;

CAPILLARITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); RAIN; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ARID REGION; CAPILLARITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONTAINMENT BARRIER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; HYDROGEOLOGY; RECHARGE; SOIL WATER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0034255017     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2000)126:8(695)     Document Type: Article

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