Simultaneous monitoring of water saturation and fluid conductivity in unconsolidated sand columns

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1457-1468

  Redwan, Mostafa ^a,b   Rammlmair, Dieter ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FRINGE; CAPILLARY RISE; COLUMN EXPERIMENTS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUID CONDUCTIVITY; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; ION DISTRIBUTIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MULTI-LEVEL; NON DESTRUCTIVE; NONDESTRUCTIVE METHODS; SATURATED SAND; SUPERGENE; TIME AND SPACE; TIME INTERVAL; UNCONSOLIDATED SANDS; WATER SATURATIONS; X-RAY ATTENUATION;

BLOOD VESSELS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IONS;

FLUIDS;

CAPILLARY FRINGE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAIN SIZE; IMBIBITION; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; SAND; SATURATION; SOIL DRAINAGE; SOIL WATER; SUPERGENE PROCESS; UNCONSOLIDATED MEDIUM;

EID: 77957066553     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2009.0398     Document Type: Article

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