The effects of anisotropy on in situ air permeability measurements

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 941-947

  Chief, Karletta ^a   Ferré, Ty P A ^a   Hinnell, Andrew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; AIRFLOW; ANISOTROPY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 49949084233     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0164     Document Type: Article

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