Considerations for measuring pressure head and water content in inclined boreholes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Hinnell, A C ^a   Ferre T P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW FIELDS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; SENSORS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; WATER CONTENT;

FLOW PERTURBATIONS; GRADIENT FLOWS; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; IMPACT MEASUREMENTS; INCLINED BOREHOLES; PRESSURE HEADS; SOIL TYPES; UNDISTURBED SOILS; VADOSE ZONES;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

BOREHOLE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERTURBATION; PRESSURE; SOIL TYPE; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 59649093850     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007122     Document Type: Article

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