Unstable density-driven flow in heterogeneous porous media: A stochastic study of the Elder [1967b] "short heater" problem

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Prasad, Awadhesh ^a   Simmons, Craig T ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Density driven flow; Elder problem; Free convection; Heterogeneity; Instability

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF WATER; NATURAL CONVECTION; POROUS MATERIALS;

PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

WATER RESOURCES;

CONVECTION; DENSITY DRIVEN FLOW; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTIC METHOD;

DENSITY; FLUID FLOW; HETEROGENEITY; INSTABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

SAMBUCUS NIGRA CANADENSIS;

EID: 18544393817     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002wr001290     Document Type: Article

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