Capillary pressure overshoot as a function of imbibition flux and initial water content

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  DiCarlo, David A ^a  

^a USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IMBIBITION CURVE; PRESSURE OVERSHOOT; PRESSURE SATURATION;

WATER CONTENT;

CAPILLARITY; INFILTRATION; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THREE DIMENSIONAL; WATER CONTENT;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; IMBIBITION; INFILTRATION; PRESSURE FIELD; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 34848911635     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005550     Document Type: Article

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