Scaling miscible fluid displacements in porous media

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 801-811

  Gharbi, Ridha ^a   Peters, Ekwere ^a   Elkamel, All ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 0000192137     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef980020a     Document Type: Article

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