Influence of pore size and geometry on peat unsaturated hydraulic conductivity computed from 3D computed tomography image analysis

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 2983-2994

  Rezanezhad, F ^a,b   Quinton, W L ^a   Price, J S ^b   Elliot, T R ^c   Elrick, D ^c   Shook, K R ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compressibility; Decomposition; Pore size and geometry of peats; Unsaturated hydraulic conductivity; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

AIR-FILLED PORES; COMPLEX FLOW; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; DEGREE OF DECOMPOSITION; DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; DIRECT MEASUREMENT; FIELD SCALE; GEOMETRIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC RADIUS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC SOIL; PEAT LAND; PEAT SOILS; PERMEAMETERS; PORE DIAMETERS; SOIL COMPRESSION; SOIL-WATER PRESSURE; STRUCTURE AND CONFIGURATION; SUB-SAMPLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D); UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; WATER FLOWS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FRACTAL DIMENSION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DISCHARGES; PEAT; PORE SIZE; SCANNING; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; THREE DIMENSIONAL; UNDERWATER SOILS; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

COMPRESSIBILITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL IMAGE; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAT; PORE SPACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOIL WATER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TORTUOSITY; UNSATURATED FLOW;

EID: 78649514895     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7709     Document Type: Article

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