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Unsaturated Zone Summary
414 words, approx. 1 pages The unsaturated zone is that portion of the subsurface in which the intergranular openings of the geologic medium contain both water and air. The unsaturated zone, also known as the vadose zone or the zone of aeration, extends downward from the land...
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Vadose Zone Summary
96 words, approx. 0 pages The unsaturated zone between the land surface and the water table. The vadose zone (from the Latin vadosus, meaning shallow) includes the soil-water zone, intermediate vadose zone, and capillary fringe. The pore space contains air, water, and other...
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 The vadose zone, also termed the unsaturated zone, is the portion of Earth between the land surface and the phreatic zone or zone of saturation ("vadose" is Latin for "shallow"). It extends from the top of the ground surface to the water table. Water in...



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Vadose Zone Science and Technology Solutions. (Book Review).(Book Review)
11/01/2002: 654 words, approx. 2 pages This monumental work (1540 pages in two volumes, with 445 pages of additional case studies on compact disk) was produced as the intended outgrowth of workshops sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1998 and 1999 on science and technology applicable to...
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Importance of the vadose zone in analyses of unconfined aquifer tests.
03/01/2004: 6,786 words, approx. 23 pages Background For several decades, there has been continuing controversy in the aquifer-test literature as to the effect that vadose zone drainage has on the responses of piezometers located below the water table and on the estimation of unconfined aquifer parameters from pumping-test data....


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