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Shale tends to have both low porosity and low permeability.
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Other constituents might interfere with the permeability and porosity of the shale itself, gumming up oil production.
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The porosity of these soils stores more water, which contributes to the wines’ characteristic freshness and exuberance.
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The top layer of dirt loses porosity, texture and the ability to absorb and hold water.
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The models varied based on details like the porosity used and how much friction was generated.
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That is, given rainfall over a certain catchment region, an estimate of the sort of rock and soil (and its porosity) that the water must flow through, and an idea of the extent of hot rock, scientists can generate a flow field.
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Second, soil, be it in pots or in the ground, needs to have porosity.
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But if anything, the overriding quality of our era is porosity.
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First Known Use of porosity
14th century
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