Liquid fragmentation and intermittent flow regimes in unsaturated fractured media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Ghezzehei, Teamrat A ^a   Or, Dani ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; HYSTERESIS;

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURED MEDIA; LIQUID FRAGMENTATION;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURING FLUIDS; GRAVITATION; HYSTERESIS;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; FRAGMENTATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; UNSATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 31444444868     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003834     Document Type: Article

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