Dissolution-induced preferential flow in a limestone fracture

Journal of Contaminant Hydrology

Volumn 78, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 53-70

  Liu, Jishan ^a   Polak, Amir ^b   Elsworth, Derek ^c   Grader, Avrami ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CT imaging; Dissolution; Fracture; Modeling; Permeability; Preferential flow

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STRESSES; X RAYS;

ARTIFICIAL FRACTURE; DISTILLED WATER; FLOW PATHS; FLOW RATES;

LIMESTONE;

GROUND WATER; LIMESTONE;

DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE FLOW; LIMESTONE; PERMEABILITY; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISSOLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW KINETICS; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; GEOLOGY; METALS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRECIPITATION; SOLUBILITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

TRIXIS;

EID: 20444411529     PISSN: 01697722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.03.001     Document Type: Article

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