“…The effect of air compression on the infiltration rate was found to be significant both in the field (e.g., Bianchi & Haskell, ; Dixon & Linden, ; Hammecker et al, ; Starr et al, ; Weeks, ) and in laboratory experiments (e.g., Hardie et al, ; Mizrahi et al, ; Sakaguchi et al, ; Siemens et al, ; Touma et al, ; Vachaud et al, ; Wang et al, ; Wilson & Luthin, ). Previous researchers (e.g., Jarrett & Fritton, ; Wilson & Luthin, ) found that infiltration rates declined due to the increase of air pressure under confined air conditions.…”