Characterizing the spatial variability of the hydraulic conductivity of reclamation soils using air permeability

Geoderma

Volumn 262, Issue , 2016, Pages 285-293

  Huang, Mingbin ^a,b   Zettl, Julie D ^a   Lee Barbour, S ^a   Pratt, Dyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air permeability; Guelph permeameter; Reclamation soil; Saturated hydraulic conductivity

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAKES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OIL SANDS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RECLAMATION; SOFTWARE TESTING; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; SOLVENTS; STATISTICAL TESTS;

AIR PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT; GEOSTATISTICAL ANALYSIS; GUELPH PERMEAMETER; MEASUREMENT METHODS; SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SPATIAL DEPENDENCIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; WATER INFILTRATION;

INFILTRATION;

AIR PERMEABILITY; AURORA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DESIGN METHOD; GEOSTATISTICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; OIL FIELD; PERMEAMETER; RECLAIMED LAND; SAND; SPATIAL VARIATION; WATER CONTENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 84941799169     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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