3D soil image characterization applied to hydraulic properties computation

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 215, Issue , 2003, Pages 167-176

  Delerue, F ^a,b   Perrier, E ^a   Timmerman, A ^b   Swennen, R ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOIL;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; PERMEABILITY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141683948     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.215.01.15     Document Type: Article

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