Air-based measurements of permeability in pebbly sands

Ground Water

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-112

  Conrad, Caleb M ^a   Ritzi, Robert W ^a   Dominic, David F ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COARSENING; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PERMEAMETERS (MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY);

COARSER GRAINS; MATRIX COMPOSITIONS;

SANDSTONE;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

AIRBORNE SURVEY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PEBBLE; PERMEABILITY; SAND;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

AIR; GEOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 37549052545     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: 17456584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00379.x     Document Type: Article

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