Porosity Reviewed: Quantitative Multi-Disciplinary Understanding, Recent Advances and Applications in Vadose Zone Hydrology

Geotechnical and Geological Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-19

  Dippenaar, Matthys A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Effective porosity; Fractal; Microstructure; Porosity; Vadose zone; Void ratio

Indexed keywords

CONSOLIDATION; FRACTALS; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; WETLANDS;

EFFECTIVE POROSITY; EMPIRICAL ESTIMATIONS; GEOMETRICAL APPROACHES; HYDROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SWELLING AND SHRINKAGES; VADOSE ZONE; VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY; VOID RATIOS;

POROSITY;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE; VOID RATIO; WATER STORAGE; WATER TABLE; WETLAND;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84902385083     PISSN: 09603182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10706-013-9704-9     Document Type: Review

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