Numerical investigations of passive and reactive flow through generic single fractures with heterogeneous permeability

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 271-284

  O'Brien, G S ^a   Bean, C J ^a   McDermott, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fluid rock interactions; Fracture; Numerical model; Passive transport; Reactive transport; Scaling

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLUID FLOW; FLUID-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FRACTURE; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; QUARTZ; REACTIVE TRANSPORT;

EID: 0042322414     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00342-X     Document Type: Article

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