Experimental assessment of gas transport mechanisms in natural porous media: Parameter evaluation

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 505-516

  Abu El Sha'r, Wa'il ^a   Abriola, Linda M ^b,c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; DIFFUSION; GASES; KAOLINITE; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; EXPERIMENTAL APPARATUS; EXPERIMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DEPENDENCE; GAS TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; INTRINSIC PERMEABILITY; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

MASS TRANSFER; POROUS MEDIA; VAPOURS;

FLUID FLOW; GAS TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0030620379     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03536     Document Type: Article

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