Nonwetting phase retention and mobilization in rock fractures

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2085-2093

  Longino, Bettina L ^a,b   Kueper, Bernard H ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Geomatrix Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MOBILIZATION; SATURATION; WATER RETENTION;

EID: 0033033516     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900100     Document Type: Article

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