Dispersion of a passive solute in non-ergodic transport by steady velocity fields in heterogeneous formations

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 233, Issue 197, 1991, Pages 197-210

  Dagan, Gedeon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLUID MECHANICS--COMPUTATION;

HETEROGENEOUS FORMATIONS; NONERGODIC TRANSPORT; PASSIVE SOLUTES; VELOCITY FIELDS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 0026376829     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112091000459     Document Type: Article

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