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Use of porosity to estimate hydraulic properties of volcanic tuffs

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In this article, effective porosity, defined as the porosity calculated using drying at a relative humidity of −70 MPa, is used in a generalized Kozeny-Carman equation to predict saturated hydraulic conductivity, Ks=bφen, where b and n are constants.
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This article is published in Advances in Water Resources.The article was published on 2003-05-01. It has received 41 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Effective porosity & Hydraulic conductivity.

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Permeable Pavement as a Hydraulic and Filtration Interface for Urban Drainage

TL;DR: In this article, pore characteristics of CPP, including effective porosity, pore size distribution and tortuosity, are examined using x-ray tomography and gravimetric-geometric methods.
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Pore-structure models of hydraulic conductivity for permeable pavement

TL;DR: In this article, a series of pore-structure models for a Cementitious permeable pavement (CPP) was examined through X-ray tomography (XRT) images.
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A critical state-of-the-art review of durability and functionality of open-graded friction course mixtures

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed the state-of-the-art research of Open-Graded Friction Course (OGFC) pavements, and the emphasis was laid on durability and functionality.
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Transport properties of pyroclastic rocks from Montagne Pelée volcano (Martinique, Lesser Antilles)

TL;DR: The hydraulic and electrical properties of pyroclastic rocks have been investigated in laboratory on a representative sampling of Montagne Pelee (Martinique, France) deposits with renewed interest in geophysical applications.
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Volcanic settings and their reservoir potential: An outcrop analog study on the Miocene Tepoztlán Formation, Central Mexico

TL;DR: In this article, the porosity and permeability data of 108 rock samples representing five different lithofacies types of the Miocene Tepoztlan Formation are presented, with an average porosity of 1.4% to 56.7%.
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A closed-form equation for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils

TL;DR: Van Genuchten et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a closed-form analytical expression for predicting the hydraulic conductivity of unsaturated soils based on the Mualem theory, which can be used to predict the unsaturated hydraulic flow and mass transport in unsaturated zone.
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Dynamics of fluids in porous media

Jacob Bear
TL;DR: In this paper, the Milieux poreux Reference Record was created on 2004-09-07, modified on 2016-08-08 and the reference record was updated in 2016.
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Porous Media: Fluid Transport and Pore Structure

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the relationship between transport properties and pore structure of porous material and presented models of pore structures with a discussion of how such models can be used to predict the transport properties of porous media.
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Physical and chemical hydrogeology

TL;DR: The origin of Porosity and permeability of ground water is discussed in this article, along with a discussion of the role of mass transport in ground water flow in the Basin Hydrologic Cycle.
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