Interpreting INEEL vadose zone water movement on the basis of large-scale field tests and long-term vadose zone monitoring results

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-46

  Mattson, Earl D ^a   Magnuson, Swen O ^a   Ansley, Shannon L ^a  

^a IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; GROUNDWATER; LABORATORIES; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE WATERS; SURFICIAL SEDIMENTS; WATER WELLS; WETTING;

IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORIES; LARGE-SCALE FIELD TESTS; MONITORING RESULTS; NEUTRON ACCESS TUBES; SEDIMENT INTERFACE; SURFACE INFILTRATION; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; WATER INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION;

EID: 34547900786     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.1.35     Document Type: Article

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