Modeling evaporation processes in a saline soil from saturation to oven dry conditions

Thermal, suction and osmotic gradients interact during evaporation from a salty soil. Vapor fluxes become the main water flow mechanism under very dry conditions. A coupled nonisothermal multiphase flow and reactive transport model was developed to study mass and energy transfer mechanisms during an...

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Main Authors: M. Gran, J. Carrera, S. Olivella, M. W. Saaltink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-07-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/15/2077/2011/hess-15-2077-2011.pdf