Tomographic measurements of pore filling at infiltration fronts

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 485-492

  DiCarlo, David A ^a   Seale, L Don ^b   Ham, Kyungmin ^c   Willson, Clinton S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frontal dynamics; Multi phase flow in porous media; Pore scale physics; Preferential flow; Saturation overshoot; Unsaturated flow; X ray tomography

Indexed keywords

MULTI-PHASE FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; SATURATION OVERSHOOT; UNSATURATED FLOWS; X-RAY TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY;

INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SATURATION; TOMOGRAPHY; UNSATURATED FLOW; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950519002     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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