Conditions necessary for capillary hysteresis in porous media: Tests of grain size and surface tension influences

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a   Olson, Keith R ^a   Wan, Jiamin ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillarity; Gravel; Hysteresis; Moisture characteristics

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAVEL; GRAVITATION; HYSTERESIS; MOISTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION;

HAINES NUMBER; MOISTURE RETENTION; WATER SATURATION;

WATER RESOURCES;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DRYING; GRAVEL; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WETTING;

CAPILLARITY; GRAVEL; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED MEDIUM; WETTING-DRYING CYCLE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA;

EID: 2942709815     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002908     Document Type: Article

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