Using soil freezing characteristic curve to estimate the hydraulic conductivity function of partially frozen soils

Cold Regions Science and Technology

Volumn 83-84, Issue , 2012, Pages 103-109

  Azmatch, Tezera F ^a   Sego, David C ^a   Arenson, Lukas U ^b   Biggar, Kevin W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BGC ENGINEERING INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydraulic conductivity; Partially frozen soil; Soil freezing characteristic curve; Soil water characteristic curve

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; CONDUCTIVITY ESTIMATION; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; SOIL FREEZING; SOIL SAMPLE; SOIL-WATER CHARACTERISTIC CURVE; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; UNFROZEN WATER;

ESTIMATION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SILT; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FROZEN SOILS;

ESTIMATION METHOD; FREEZING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SOIL WATER; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 84865747297     PISSN: 0165232X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coldregions.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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