The averaging of gravity currents in porous media

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2810-2829

  Anderson, Daniel M ^a   McLaughlin, Richard M ^b   Miller, Cass T ^c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

HOMOGENIZATION SOLUTIONS;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

GRAVITY FLOW; GROUNDWATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELING; NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0242286641     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1600733     Document Type: Article

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