Dual-porosity modelling of the pore structure and transport properties of a contaminated soil

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 744-761

  Tsakiroglou, C D ^a   Ioannidis, M A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROSITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 42449159742     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2007.01019.x     Document Type: Article

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