Behavior of nonaqueous phase liquids in fractured porous media under two-phase flow conditions

Transport in Porous Media

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 189-203

  Keller, Arturo A ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^b   Roberts, Paul V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY PRESSURE; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (NAPL);

CAPILLARY FLOW; DISSOLUTION; GRANITE; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SANDSTONE; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); TWO PHASE FLOW; VAPORIZATION;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; TWO-PHASE FLOW;

EID: 0033640023     PISSN: 01693913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006619402305     Document Type: Article

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