Application of a darcian approach to estimate liquid flux in a deep vadose zone

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 560-569

  Hubbell, J M ^a   Nicholl, M J ^b   Sisson, J B ^a   McElroy, D L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUNDWATER; LIQUIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

DEGREE OF UNCERTAINTY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS; SENSITIVE INDICATOR; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WASTE DISPOSAL SITES;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 34547128748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.2.560     Document Type: Article

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