Fingering flow in homogeneous sandy soils under continuous rainfall infiltration

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 79-91

  Kawamoto, Ken ^a   Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fingering flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Infiltration; Suction; Unsaturated soil; Wetting front (IGC: D4 E7)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342489165     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.39.4_79     Document Type: Article

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