Using a pore-scale model to quantify the effect of particle re-arrangement on pore structure and hydraulic properties

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 989-997

  Dikinya, Oagile ^a,d   Lehmann, Peter ^b,c   Hinz, Christoph ^a   Aylmore, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Hydraulic properties; Particle re arrangement; Particle size distribution; Pore structure; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE STRUCTURE;

PARTICLE RE-ARRANGEMENT; SOIL WATER RETENTION;

SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; MOISTURE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PORE STRUCTURE; SOILS;

CLAY SOIL; DILUTION; ELECTROLYTE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEACHING; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SPACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL PROPERTY; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34247237264     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6299     Document Type: Article

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