Formation Mechanism of Preferential Flow Paths and Seepage Characteristics of a Novel Growable Pile for Heap Leaching of Rare Earth

Table 2

Hydraulic properties used in the numerical modeling.

Domain	θs	θr	α (kPa^−1)	n	Ks (cm/s)
Soil matrix domain	0.50	0.10	0.353	1.229	1.20 × 10^−4
Preferential flow domain	0.50	0.02	1.000	2.000	1.86 × 10^−3