Scaling analysis of hydraulic conductivity and porosity on a sandy medium of an unconfined aquifer reproduced in the laboratory

Geoderma

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-12

  Fallico, C ^a   De Bartolo, S ^a   Troisi, S ^a   Veltri, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Porosity; Porosity conductivity relationship; Scaling

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER TESTS; CHARACTERISTIC PARAMETER; DIFFERENT SCALE; EFFECTIVE GRAIN SIZE; GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; K-VALUES; METHOD OF MEASUREMENT; POROSITY MEASUREMENT; POROUS MEDIA; POROUS MEDIUM; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SCALING; SCALING ANALYSIS; SLUG TEST; UNCONFINED AQUIFERS; UNDISTURBED SOILS;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

AQUIFERS;

GRAIN SIZE; HETEROGENEITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SAND; UNCONFINED AQUIFER;

EID: 78649432985     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.09.014     Document Type: Article

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