A multiple front propagation model for gas migration through clay

Engineering Geology

Volumn 54, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 151-158

  Brown, R C ^a  

^a Dynamical Systems Group   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breakthrough; Capillaries; Clay; Flow; Gas; Migration; Stochastic

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GAS DYNAMICS; GASES; PRESSURE;

BREAKTHROUGH; CAPILLARIES; GAS FLOW; GAS MIGRATION;

CLAY;

BARRIER; CLAY; GAS FLOW;

CAPILLARITY; CLAY; CLAY LINER; GAS TRANSPORT;

EID: 0033199257     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(99)00070-8     Document Type: Article

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