Renormalizing chaotic dynamics in fractal porous media with application to microbe motility

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Park, Moongyu ^a   Kleinfelter, Natalie ^a   Cushman, John H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EARTH (PLANET); FRACTALS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MICROORGANISMS; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBABILITY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS;

CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; FRACTAL POROUS MEDIA; MICROBE MOTILITY;

GEOPHYSICS;

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

EID: 33644624908     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024606     Document Type: Article

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