The effect of dispersion on the stability of non-monotonic mobility profiles in porous media

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 747-749

  Loggia, D ^a   Salin, D ^a   Yortsos, Y C ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

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EID: 0001756992     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.869579     Document Type: Article

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