Diffusion in sparsely connected pore spaces: Temporal and spatial scaling

Water Resources Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 21-1-21-13

  Ewing, Robert P ^a   Horton, Robert ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomalous diffusion; Percolation theory; Pore scale; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; IMPURITIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOLECULES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

PULSED FIELD GRADIENT;

WATER RESOURCES;

DIFFUSIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; PERCOLATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PORE SIZE; POROUS MEDIUM;

DIFFUSIVITY; MASS TRANSFER; PERCOLATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0037001505     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002wr001412     Document Type: Article

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