Effects of high variance of fracture transmissivity on transport and sorption at different scales in a discrete model for fractured rocks

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-66

  Nordqvist, A Wille ^a   Tsang, Yvonne W ^b   Tsang, Chin Fu ^b   Dverstorp, Björn ^c   Andersson, Johan ^c  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SOIL POLLUTION;

CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; FRACTURE NETWORK MODEL; FRACTURED ROCK; SCALE EFFECT; TRANSMISSIVITY; VAPFRAC;

CONTAMINANTS; FRACTURED; ROCK; SORPTION; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029656847     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-7722(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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