An automated tool for three types of saturated hydraulic conductivity laboratory measurements

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 466-470

  Wietsma, T W ^a   Oostrom, M ^a   Covert, M A ^a   Queen, T E ^a   Fayer, M J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TIME; AUTOMATED TOOLS; COLUMN DESIGNS; DATA CONSISTENCIES; EXTERNAL FLOWS; FLUX METHODS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; LITERATURE DATUM; MANUAL LABORS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; PACKED COLUMNS; POROUS MEDIAS; POROUS MEDIUMS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES;

LABORATORIES; POROUS MATERIALS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

AUTOMATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EID: 62549116990     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2008.0154     Document Type: Article

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