Scale dependency of the effective matrix diffusion coefficient

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 312-315

  Liu, H H ^a   Bodvarsson, G S ^a   Zhang, G ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATRIX ALGEBRA; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

FIELD TEST; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED ROCK; MATRIX DIFFUSION; SCALE DEPENDENCY; TRACER TRANSPORT;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 33847223247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.1.312     Document Type: Article

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