Critical tunnel cavities for water exclusion in "Green and Ampt" and "Gardner" soils

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Youngs, E G ^a   Kacimov, A R ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

GARDNER SOIL; ISOBARIC SURFACES; TUNNEL CAVITY; WATER EXCLUSION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

FLOW OF WATER; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOIL SURVEYS;

PERMEABILITY; SOIL WATER; TUNNEL; WATER FLOW;

EID: 34347231962     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR004907     Document Type: Article

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