A note on the theoretical foundations of particle tracking methods in heterogeneous porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ramirez, Jorge M ^a   Thomann, Enrique A ^a   Waymire, Edward C ^a   Chastanet, Juliette ^b   Wood, Brian D ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMFT   (France)

^c Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

PARTICLE TRACKING METHODS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATION;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DIFFUSION; FLOW OF WATER; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BROWNIAN MOTION; CONVECTION; DIFFUSION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL METHOD; PARTICLE MOTION; POROUS MEDIUM; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRACKING;

EID: 39749182139     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR005914     Document Type: Article

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