Peat hydraulic conductivity in cold regions and its relation to pore size and geometry

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2829-2837

  Quinton, William L ^a   Hayashi, Masaki ^b   Carey, Sean K ^c  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Hydraulic radius; Image analysis; Organic soils; Permafrost; Permeability; Subsurface run off

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; DRAINAGE; EARTH SCIENCES; ELASTIC MODULI; FLUID MECHANICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULICS; NATURAL WATER GEOCHEMISTRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PEAT; PERMAFROST; TESTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

BOREAL REGIONS; COLD REGIONS; HILL SLOPES; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; ORGANIC SOILS; PERMEABILITY; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SNOW MELTING; STORM WATERS; SUB-SURFACE FLOW; SUBSURFACE DRAINAGES; SUBSURFACE RUN-OFF; TRACER TESTING; WATER TABLE;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

COLD REGION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PEAT SOIL; PERMAFROST; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 48749090911     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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