Inertial effects in dispersion in porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Wood, Brian D ^a  

^a Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

MACROSCALE TRANSPORT EQUATION; NONREACTIVE CHEMICAL;

POROUS MATERIALS;

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; POROUS MATERIALS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; DISPERSION; POROUS MEDIUM; REYNOLDS NUMBER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 38549145456     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005790     Document Type: Conference Paper

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