Solute Transport: Experimental Methods

Methods of Soil Analysis, Part 4: Physical Methods

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 1381-1402

  Skaggs, Todd H ^a   Wilson, G V ^b   Shouse, Peter J ^a   Leij, Feike J ^a  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b USDA ARS NATIONAL SEDIMENTATION LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough curve measurement; Displacing solution; Field experiments; Laboratory column outflow experiment; Laboratory experiments; Resident solution; Sample collection; Sample preparation; Solute transport experiments; Water tracer

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125306259     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser5.4.c57     Document Type: Chapter

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