Wetting and nonwetting fluid displacements in porous media

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 205-215

  Rimmer, Alon ^a   Parlange, Jean Yves ^a   Steenhuis, Tammo S ^a   Darnault, Christophe ^a   Condit, Wendy ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Entrapped fluid; Ganglia; Immiscible displacement; NAPL; Oil and water; Slugs; Soltrol; Vadose zone

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE FORMATION; FLOW OF WATER; PIPE FLOW; POROUS MATERIALS; SOLUBILITY; WETTING;

ENTRAPPED FLUID; FLUID DISPLACEMENT; GANGLIA; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID (NAPL); NONWETTING LIQUID; SOLTROL; VADOSE ZONE;

LAMINAR FLOW;

DISPLACEMENT; LAMINAR FLOW; POROUS MEDIA;

CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; IMMISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; NAPL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONWETTING; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLTROL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VADOSE ZONE; WETTING;

EID: 0030295094     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00135856     Document Type: Article

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