Dependence of the electrical conductivity on saturation in real porous media

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 731-741

  Ewing, R P ^a   Hunt, A G ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERCOLATION; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33846484582     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0107     Document Type: Article

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