Particle size segregation during hand packing of coarse granular materials and impacts on local pore-scale structure

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-

  Lebron, I ^a   Robinson, D A ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULAR MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; PARTICLE SIZE SEGREGATION; SOILS AND SEDIMENTS; STRUCTURAL ARRANGEMENT; STRUCTURE AND ORIENTATION; TRANSPORT EQUATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 83255175574     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2003.3300     Document Type: Article

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