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EQUILIBRIUM LIQUID CONFIGURATIONS IN ANGULAR PORES
Liquid-Configurations

SAMPLE SCALE LIQUID RETENTION AND LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACIAL AREA
Retention
Other approaches for modeling pore space and liquid behavior

HYDRODINAMICS - PORE AND SAMPLE SCALE UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
Unsaturated-Conductivity

MODEL EXTENSION TO FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA AND MOCROPOROUS SOILS
Fractured Porous Media and Macroporous Soils

INTERMITTEND FLOW - FORMATION OF LIQUID BRIDGES
Intermittent flow in fractured porous media
Unstable and intermittent flow in soils
Dripping into subterranean cavities

OBSERVATION OF PORE SCALE LIQUID CONFIGURATIONS WITH NIR-MICROSCOPY
NIR-Microscopy

THE ROLE OF CAVITATION IN DESATURATION OF POROUS MEDIA UNDER TENSION
Caviation

HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF SWELLING POROUS MEDIA
Interacting Diffuse Double Layers and Swelling Soils

PHYSICAL PROCESSES AFFECTING MICROBIAL HABITATS AND ACTIVITY IN UNSATURATED POROUS MEDIA
Physical Processes Affecting Microbial Habitats and activity in unsaturated porous media

 
 
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LIQUID SATURATION AND LIQUID VAPOR INTERFACIAL AREA
(Or and Tuller, 1999)
Artificial Sand Mixture

Milleville Silt Loam
Salkum
Palouse B

 

LIQUID SATURATION AND UNSATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY
(Tuller and Or, 2001)
Silt Loam G.E. 3

Gilat Loam
Sandy Loam
Silt Loam

Clay Loam

 

LIQUID-VAPOR INTERFACIAL CONFIGURATIONS CALCULATED WITH THE AUGMENTED YOUNG-LAPLACE (AYL) EQUATION (FORTRAN PROGRAM)
(Tuller and Or, 1999)
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