Hydraulic properties of adsorbed water films in unsaturated porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Tokunaga, Tetsu K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS; ADSORBED FILMS; ADSORBED WATER; CHARACTERISTIC GRAIN; CONTROL FLOWS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DOUBLE LAYERS; FILM MODEL; FILM VELOCITY; FLAT SURFACES; GRANULAR MEDIA; HYDRAULIC DIFFUSIVITY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; ION CHARGE; LANGMUIRS; MATRIC POTENTIAL; MONODISPERSE; PER UNIT; POROUS MEDIA; RESIDUAL WATER SATURATION; SCALING ANALYSIS; UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA;

MAGNETIC FILMS; POROUS MATERIALS; WATER ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

DIFFUSION; FLOW MODELING; GRAIN SIZE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SUBSURFACE FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 72149089001     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR007734     Document Type: Article

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