Effect of soil texture on the propagation and attenuation of acoustic wave at unsaturated conditions

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 338, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 273-284

  Lo, Wei Cheng ^a   Yeh, Chao Lung ^a   Tsai, Chang Tai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acoustic waves; Poroelasticity; Unsaturation

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS;

DISPERSION EQUATION; LO-SPOSITO-MAJER (LSM) MODEL; POROELASTICITY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC WAVES; HYDROLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MOISTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOIL SURVEYS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE; DARCY LAW; FLUID FLOW; MOISTURE CONTENT; P-WAVE; POROELASTICITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SOIL TEXTURE; UNSATURATED FLOW; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 34247859252     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.02.034     Document Type: Article

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