Analytical solutions to steady state unsaturated flow in layered, randomly heterogeneous soils via Kirchhoff transformation

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 775-784

  Lu, Zhiming ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^b  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Heterogeneity; Uncertainty; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PORE SIZE; WATER RESOURCES;

KIRCHHOFF TRANSFORMATIONS; STEADY STATE;

SOILS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; UNSATURATED FLOW;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL COLUMN; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 4344680252     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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