Nonaqueous-phase-liquid dissolution in variable-aperture fractures: Development of a depth-averaged computational model with comparison to a physical experiment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3115-3129

  Detwiler, Russell L ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^a   Glass, Robert J ^b  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MASS TRANSFER;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FRACTURE;

DISSOLUTION; FLUID FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

DISSOLUTION; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE APERTURE; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID;

EID: 0035700949     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000WR000161     Document Type: Article

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