Finite Element Approximation of the Transport of Reactive Solutes in Porous Media. Part 1: Error Estimates for Nonequilibrium Adsorption Processes

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 201-227

  Barrett, John W ^a   Knabner, Peter ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Inst F Angew Anal Und Stochastik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degenerate parabolic systems; Error analysis; Finite elements; Porous medium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007702258     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142993249024     Document Type: Article

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