An evaluation of air permeability measurements to characterize the saturated hydraulic conductivity of soil reclamation covers;Caractérisation de la conductivité hydraulique des sols bonifiés au point de saturation d’après la perméabilité à l’air

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 15-26

  Huang, Mingbin ^a,b   Rodger, Heather ^c   Barbour, S Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEST CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Air permeameter; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Soil reclamation covers

Indexed keywords

CLAY SOIL; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND RECLAMATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 84925345839     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: 19181841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/CJSS-2014-072     Document Type: Article

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