Influence of centrifugal forces on phase structure in partially saturated media

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Holt, Robert M ^a   Glass, Robert J ^b   Sigda, John M ^c   Mattson, Earl D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; AIR; ANGULAR VELOCITY; CENTRIFUGATION; SOLVENTS; WETTING;

CENTRIFUGAL FORCES; CENTRIFUGAL METHODS; HETEROGENEOUS POROUS MEDIA; INVASION PERCOLATION; NON-WETTING FLUIDS; PARTIALLY SATURATED; PETROPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RELATIVE PERMEABILITY;

HYDROLOGY; PHASE STRUCTURE;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; FORCE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERCOLATION; SATURATED MEDIUM; VADOSE ZONE;

EID: 0141514733     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017340     Document Type: Article

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