Effective hydraulic properties determined from transient unsaturated flow in anisotropic soils

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 913-924

  Ward, Andy L ^a   Zhang, Z Fred ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; UNSATURATED FLOW; WATER CONTENT;

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

EID: 36849083983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2006.0174     Document Type: Article

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