Electrical conductivity of unsaturated porous media: Pore-scale model and comparison with laboratory data

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Dalla, E ^a   Cassiani, G ^a   Brovelli, A ^a   Pitea, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRAINAGE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE;

BULK CONDUCTIVITIES; DIGITAL POROUS MEDIA;

GEOPHYSICS;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; POROUS MEDIUM; SANDSTONE; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 18244417474     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019170     Document Type: Article

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