Gas transport parameters in the vadose zone: Development and tests of power-law models for air permeability

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1205-1215

  Kawamoto, Ken ^a   Moldrup, Per ^b   Schjønning, Per ^c   Iversen, Bo V ^c   Komatsu, Toshiko ^a   Rolston, Dennis E ^d  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; CLEANUP; DIFFUSIVITY; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MODEL TEST; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL TEXTURE; VADOSE ZONE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

EID: 33846280368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0030     Document Type: Article

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