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Isothermal flow of water through unsaturated soil is a subject of interest in a range of disciplines covering Soil Science, soil physics, groundwater hydrology, irrigation, plant science, environmental engineering and of course geotechnical engineering. This widespread and diverse application area has stimulated, over the years, a major research effort in this field, which in turn has yielded a very substantial body of knowledge on the subject. Indeed a recent review of the literature, carried by the authors, identified a bibliography of in excess of 400 papers in this area.
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Thomas, H.R., Rees, S.W. (2001). Isothermal Flow. In: Schrefler, B.A. (eds) Environmental Geomechanics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 417. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2592-2_2
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