Surfactant-induced flow phenomena in the vadose zone: A review of data and numerical modeling

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 154-167

  Henry, Eric J ^a   Smith, James E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; SURFACE TENSION;

CONSTANT-SURFACE TENSION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE TENSION GRADIENT; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 33747158381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.2.154     Document Type: Review

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