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capillary fringe [′kap·ə‚ler·ē ¦frinj]

(hydrology)

The lower subdivision of the zone of aeration that overlies the zone of saturation and in which the pressure of water in the interstices is lower than atmospheric.

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No references found			The two most common classes are a) NAPLs composed of fuel hydrocarbons that are lighter (LNAPLs) than water and, thus, more easily detected, because they tend to remain within the unsaturated zone or capillary fringe areas of an aquifer; and b) organic solvent or dense NAPLs (DNAPLs) that tend to migrate deep into formations, becoming entrapped in irregular finger-like structures or pooled on low permeability strata. Contaminant source zones: remediation or perpetual stewardship? by Abriola, Linda M. / Environmental Health Perspectives In periods when salt accumulates in the root zone between the capillary fringe and the soil surface, the tree drops its leaf water potential, a mechanism which increases its ability to extract water from the soil. Living with saline land by Ecos			capillarity correction capillaroscope Capillaroscopy capillary capillary action capillary angioma capillary attraction capillary bed capillary break Capillary Circulation capillary collector capillary column Capillary Condensation capillary control capillary curve Capillary Defectoscopy capillary depression capillary drying capillary ejecta capillary electrochromatography capillary electrometer capillary electrophoresis capillary equilibrium method capillary fitting capillary flow capillary fringe capillary gas chromatography capillary gel electrophoresis capillary groove capillary joint capillary migration capillary number Capillary Phenomena capillary pressure capillary pyrites capillary ripple capillary rise capillary space capillary tube capillary viscometer capillary water capillary wave capillary zone electrophoresis capillitium Capital capital amount factor capital budgeting Capital Charge capital cost capital expenditure capital gains tax			Capillary Electrophoresis Coupled to Electrospray Mass Spectrometry Capillary Electrophoresis Mobility Shift Assay Capillary Electrophoresis with Electrochemical Detection capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection Capillary Electrophoresis with Mass Spectrometry Capillary Electrophoresis with Pulsed Amperometric Detection Capillary Electrophoresis-Based Immunoassay Capillary Electrophoresis/Electrochemistry Capillary Electrophoresis/Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Capillary equilibrium Capillary equilibrium capillary equilibrium method Capillary Filling Time capillary fitting capillary flames Capillary flow Capillary flow Capillary flow Capillary Flow Experiment Capillary force Capillary force Capillary force capillary fracture capillary fracture capillary fracture capillary fracture capillary fragility capillary fragility capillary fragility capillary fragility capillary fringe Capillary Gas Chromatography Capillary Gas Chromatography capillary gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry Capillary Gel Electrophoresis Capillary Gel Electrophoresis capillary groove capillary hemangioma capillary hemangioma capillary hemangioma capillary hemorrhage capillary hemorrhage capillary hemorrhage Capillary Hydrodynamic Fractionation Capillary Isoelectric Focusing capillary joint capillary joints capillary l capillary l capillary l capillary l capillary l's capillary l's capillary l's capillary l's capillary lake Capillary leak syndrome Capillary leak syndrome Capillary leak syndrome capillary leakage syndrome capillary loop

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