Predicting bimodal soil-water characteristic curves

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 666-670

  Zhang, Limin ^a   Chen, Qun ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colluvium; Grain size; Infiltration; Rainfall; Soil suction; Soil water

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FLOW; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; WATER;

SAND FRACTION; SOIL DEPOSITS; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVES; TERRAIN;

SOILS;

INFILTRATION; SOIL WATER;

EID: 18144415040     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2005)131:5(666)     Document Type: Article

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