Simulation of immiscible multiphase flow in porous media: A focus on the capillary fringe of oil-contaminated aquifers

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 245-269

  Hadad, Avichay ^a   Bensabat, Jacob ^b   Rubin, Hillel ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Inc   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aquifer contamination; Multi phase flow; NAPL contamination; Oil contaminated aquifer

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; CONTAMINATED AQUIFER; CONTAMINATION; FLOW MODEL; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCARBON; HYDROCARBON CONTAMINENT; NAPL; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

AQUIFERS; CONTAMINANTS; IMMISCIBLE; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NON AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; SIMULATION-NUMERICAL;

EID: 0029657387     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00161626     Document Type: Article

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