An air-water interfacial area based variable tortuosity model for unsaturated sands

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 764-776

  Khaleel, Raziuddin ^a   Prasad Saripalli, K ^b  

^a Fluor Government Group   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMISCIBLE FLUID; MODEL; MOISTURE CONTENT; POROSITY; RETENTION; TORTUOSITY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

HANFORD; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

EID: 34547874210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2005.0129     Document Type: Article

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