Hydraulic conductivity of partially saturated fractured porous media: Flow in a cross-section

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 883-898

  Or, Dani ^a   Tuller, Markus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL PATH ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS;

FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA (FPM);

WATER RESOURCES;

CROSS SECTION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

CROSS SECTION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 0041766814     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(03)00051-4     Document Type: Article

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