Equivalent soil pore geometry to determine effective water permeability

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1278-1280

  Unsal, E ^a   Dane, J H ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; POROSITY; SANDSTONE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 34547881039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0034     Document Type: Article

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