Knudsen diffusion, gas permeability, and water content in an unconsolidated porous medium

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 16-1-16-15

  Reinecke, Stefan A ^a   Sleep, Brent E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dusty gas; Knudsen diffusion; Unsaturated zone

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS;

GAS PERMEABILITY;

WATER RESOURCES;

DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER CONTENT;

DIFFUSION; GAS FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0037001358     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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