A modeling study of flow diversion and focusing in unsaturated fractured rocks

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 233-246

  Pan, Lehua ^a   Wu, Yu Shu ^a   Zhang, Keni ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POROUS MATERIALS; SOLVENTS;

3-D NUMERICAL MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS ROCKS; STEADY-STATE FLOW CONDITIONS; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); UNSATURATED FRACTURED ROCKS; VERTICAL CAPILLARIES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

ROCKS;

EID: 37949042357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/3.1.233     Document Type: Article

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