Microscopic simulations of fracture dissolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 23, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Szymczak, P ^a   Ladd, A J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

1832 Hydrology: Groundwater transport; 1869 Hydrology: Stochastic processes; 3230 Mathematical Geophysics: Numerical solutions; 5104 Physical Properties of Rocks: Fracture and flow; 5114 Physicsl Properties of Rocks: Permeability and porosity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REACTION KINETICS;

FLUID VELOCITY FIELD; LATTICE-BOLTZMANN METHOD; SOLID SURFACES; TOPOGRAPHY;

FRACTURE;

DISSOLUTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORE SPACE;

EID: 16644387626     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL021297     Document Type: Article

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