Impact of the capillary fringe on local flow, chemical migration, and microbiology

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 534-548

  Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Silliman, Stephen E ^b   Dunn, Andrea M ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

CAPILLARY FRINGE; CHEMICAL TRANSPORT; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; MULTIPHASE TRANSPORT; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PHYSICAL FACTORS; SOIL SCIENCE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 18844443828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.534     Document Type: Article

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