Assessing geotechnical centrifuge modelling in addressing variably saturated flow in soil and fractured rock

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2017, Pages 13203-13223

  Jones, Brendon R ^a   Brouwers, Luke B ^a   Van Tonder, Warren D ^a   Dippenaar, Matthys A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dispersion; Flow mechanism; Fracture flow; Hydraulic conductivity; Smooth parallel plate model; Unsaturated flow

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; DISPERSION; FLOW PATTERN; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK; SATURATION; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED FLOW; VADOSE ZONE;

GROUND WATER; SOIL;

HYDROLOGY; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 85008500846     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-8333-2     Document Type: Article

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