Mixing at fracture intersections: Influence of channel geometry and the Reynolds and Peclet numbers

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 22, 2001, Pages 4299-4302

  Stockman, Harlan W ^a   Johnson, Joel ^b   Brown, Stephen R ^b  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b New England Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CAPACITY; REYNOLDS NUMBER; FRACTURE; PECLET NUMBER;

INERTIAL EFFECTS;

FRACTURE; MIXING;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MIXING; PECLET NUMBER; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER;

CHANNEL MORPHOLOGY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MIXING; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE;

3D LATTICES; CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL LENGTH; CONTINUOUS FRACTURES; FRACTURE INTERSECTIONS; INERTIAL EFFECT; MIXING RATIOS; MODEL MIXING;

EID: 0035891764     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001GL013287     Document Type: Article

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