Modeling for the effect of in-situ bacteria growth on permeability reduction of a fractured medium

Energy Sources

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 203-215

  Han, Choongyong ^a   Kang, Joe M ^a   Choe, Jonggeun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clogging; Fractional Brownian motion; Fracture; Permeability; Power law

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

CLOGGING; FRACTURE LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; HURST EXPONENT; PERMEABILITY REDUCTION;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0242695682     PISSN: 00908312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00908310390142244     Document Type: Article

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