A proposed analysis of saturation-dependent anisotropy for US Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford site soils

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 381-403

  Hunt, Allen G ^a   Skinner, Thomas E ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical solutions; Heterogeneity; Hydraulic properties; Unsaturated zone; USA

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FLOW MODELING; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATH ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; SATURATION; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 77952869674     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: 14350157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-009-0499-y     Document Type: Article

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