Gravity-destabilized nonwetting phase invasion in macroheterogeneous porous media: Experimental observations of invasion dynamics and scale analysis

Water Resources Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3121-3137

  Glass, R J ^a   Conrad, S H ^a   Peplinski, W ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY DRAINAGE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTING;

FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAVITY FLOW; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; INFILTRATION; POROUS MEDIUM; WETTING FRONT;

GRAVITATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LITHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; STATISTICS;

CAPILLARY BARRIERS; DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS; HETEROGENEOUS DOMAINS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIUM; HETEROGENEOUS SANDS; PHASE SATURATIONS; SUBSURFACE LITHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION METHODS;

PHASE STRUCTURE;

EID: 0033744646     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR900152     Document Type: Article

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