On non-Newtonian fluid flow in rough fractures

Water Resources Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2425-2430

  Di Federico, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; VISCOUS FLOW;

ROUGH FRACTURES;

NON NEWTONIAN FLOW;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; NON-NEWTONIAN FLUID; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 0034863865     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR000359     Document Type: Article

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