Prediction of water vapor movement through waste rock

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 293-302

  Dobchuk, Bonnie Sjoberg ^a   Barbour, S Lee ^a   Zhou, Jian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DASSE Design Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Arid lands; Evaporation; Humidity; Rocks; Sorption; Vapor

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; GLASS; ROCKS; STEAM;

WASTE ROCK; WATER VAPOR FLUXES;

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING;

ARID ENVIRONMENT; DIFFUSION; EVAPORATION; ROCK; WASTE; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 1642313804     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:3(293)     Document Type: Article

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