One-dimensional airflow in unsaturated zone induced by periodic water table fluctuation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Li, Hailong ^a,c   Jiao, Jiu Jimmy ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c ANSHAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATTENUATION; COASTAL ZONES; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PRESSURE EFFECTS; WATER RESOURCES;

AIR PRESSURE; AIRFLOW; NONLINEAR MODELS; WATER TABLES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AIRFLOW; PERMEABILITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WATER TABLE;

EID: 19044387429     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003916     Document Type: Article

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