Quantifying air convection through surface-exposed fractures: A laboratory study

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 948-956

  Nachshon, Uri ^a   Weisbrod, Noam ^a   Dragila, Maria Ines ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE; LABORATORY METHOD; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SMOKE; VELOCITY; VENTING;

EID: 49949084234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2007.0165     Document Type: Article

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