Dense gas flow in volcanic ash soil: Effect of pore structure on density-driven flow

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 480-486

  Hamamoto, Shoichiro ^a   Tokida, Takeshi ^a   Miyazaki, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mizoguchi, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; PORE STRUCTURE; SOILS;

SUBSURFACE DENSE GAS; VOLCANIC ASH SOIL;

FLOW OF GASES;

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF GASES; PORE STRUCTURE; SOILS;

AIR PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAS FLOW; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDROCARBON; LOAM; POROSITY; SAND; VOLCANIC ASH; VOLCANIC SOIL;

EID: 40849124434     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2007.0068     Document Type: Article

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