Predicting dissolution patterns in variable aperture fractures: Evaluation of an enhanced depth-averaged computational model

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Detwiler, Russell L ^a   Rajaram, Harihar ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESSES; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MASS TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS;

DISSOLUTION; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURE APERTURE; MODEL VALIDATION; PREDICTION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

EID: 34249107071     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005147     Document Type: Article

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