Convection in Drying and Freezing Ground
Geophysics
2015-05-28 v2
Abstract
In this paper we analyse the drying of a soil composed of particles, water and solute impurities, and study the occurrence of convective instabilities during evaporation. We find that the main driving force for instability is the formation of a concentration gradient at the soil surface due to the evaporation of water. A similar phenomenon may occur during the thawing of frozen ground in Arctic regions.
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@article{arxiv.1210.1533,
title = {Convection in Drying and Freezing Ground},
author = {Mir Faizal and Stephen Peppin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1533},
year = {2015}
}
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