The importance of the third dimension on transport through saturated porous media: Case study based on transport of particles

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 181-195

  Silliman, Stephen E ^a  

^a University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; LATEXES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CHLORIDE BREAKTHROUGH; PARTICLE BREAKTHROUGH;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

HETEROGENEITY; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

HETEROGENEOUS SATURATED; PARTICLES; POROUS MEDIA; THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TRANSPORT;

EID: 0029656861     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1694(95)02838-2     Document Type: Article

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