A functional relationship between capillary pressure, saturation, and interfacial area as revealed by a pore-scale network model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2345-2358

  Reeves, Paul C ^a   Celia, Michael A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; DISSOLUTION; HYPOTHESIS; LIQUID; MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

MULTIPHASE FLOW; POROUS MEDIA; PRESSURE;

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; FLUID FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELLING; INTERFACIAL AREA; NAPL; NETWORK MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION;

EID: 0029663915     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR01105     Document Type: Article

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