Modeling complex, nonlinear geological processes

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue , 2002, Pages 35-64

  Valentine, Greg A ^a   Zhang, Dongxiao ^a   Robinson, Bruce A ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magma dynamics; Multiphase flow; Stochastic porous media

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; HEAT TRANSFER; MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA;

MODELING COMPLEX;

GEOLOGY;

FLUID FLOW; MAGMATISM; MODELING; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NONLINEARITY;

EID: 0036436833     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.30.082801.150140     Document Type: Article

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