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UNSATURATED FLOW [8 records]

Record 1 2011-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Soil Pollution
CONT

Bioventing is an in situ remediation technology that uses indigenous microorganisms to biodegrade organic constituents adsorbed to soils in the unsaturated zone. Soils in the capillary fringe and the saturated zone are not affected. In bioventing, the activity of the indigenous bacteria is enhanced by inducing air(or oxygen) flow into the unsaturated zone(using extraction or injection wells) and, if necessary, by adding nutrients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Pollution du sol
CONT

La bioaération est une forme de biodégradation selon laquelle l'oxygène est introduit sous forme d'air dans des sols contaminés, mais non saturés, au moyen d'un système de puits d'extraction et d'injection.

CONT

Les techniques «in situ» utilisées, dites de barbotage et de bioventilation, consistent à injecter de l'air frais à la base de la zone des sols contaminés et à extraire l'air vicié au dessus, juste sous les bâtiments.

Key term(s)
  • bio-ventilation
  • bio-aération

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The movement of water in a soil that is not filled to capacity with water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Écoulement de l'eau dans un sol qui n'est pas saturé.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

The removal of water from the soil at the ground surface, together with the associated unsaturated upward flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Mouvement de l'eau d'un sol saturé à travers la surface du sol, sous l'effet du gradient hydraulique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2009-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

The apparent coefficient of permeability in flow through an unsaturated medium.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
OBS

Perméabilité relative. - En milieu non saturé ou à écoulement polyphasique, perméabilité relative à un fluide déterminé (à sa teneur et à ses qualités qui peuvent varier dans le temps), notamment à l'eau : par exemple le coefficient de perméabilité relative à l'eau en milieu non saturé.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

Underground water flow through soil or rock where the void spaces are filled both with water and air.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

... water flow and chemical transport in unsaturated soils is a much more complex process than earlier-held concepts of relatively-uniform matrix flow...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Il semble donc que l'écoulement de l'eau et le transport des substances chimiques dans les sols non saturés [soient] des processus beaucoup plus complexes que les concepts auparavant adoptés d'un écoulement matriciel relativement uniforme [...]

CONT

Surfactant de sols à écoulement matriciel.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

The karstification process(dissolution of limestone under the action of meteoritic waters) allows the development of network of conduits and reservoirs. Karstic aquifers can be decomposed in three main parts corresponding to different flow regimes... :-the non karstic impluvium comprises all poorly permeable surfaces which allows a superficial runoff and constitutes the first degree of organisation of the drainage system. It may contain superficial water storage and could be sensitive to evapotranspiration.-... a more permeable zone called "unsaturated karst"...-The "saturated karst"...

CONT

New techniques for the preparation of land to optimize the exploitation of impluvium in reafforestations of Mediterranean areas are considered capable of generalization and extensive application.

OBS

Plural form: impluvia.

Key term(s)
  • impluvia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Aire d'un bassin versant dans laquelle les précipitations contribuent à l'alimentation d'une nappe, soit directement par infiltration, soit indirectement par ruissellement et infiltration.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 8 1996-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Discharge of seepage water through an unsaturated porous medium, per unit area of void space where water movement takes place, perpendicular to the direction of flow. It is the average actual velocity of an unsaturated flow.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Débit d'eau percolant à travers un milieu poreux non saturé, par unité de surface de l'espace interstitiel dans lequel l'eau se déplace, perpendiculairement à la direction du courant. C'est la vitesse réelle moyenne d'un écoulement non saturé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Caudal de agua de infiltración a través de un medio poroso no saturado, por unidad de área del espacio intersticial por el que fluye el agua, perpendicularmente a la dirección del flujo. Es la media de la velocidad real de un flujo no saturado.

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