Relating flow channelling to tracer dispersion in heterogeneous networks

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 843-855

  Bruderer Weng, Céline ^a   Cowie, Patience ^a   Bernabé, Yves ^b   Main, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UMR 7063   (France)

Author keywords

Contaminant transport; Dispersion; Flow channelling; Heterogeneous media; Multifractal analysis; Network modelling; Spatial correlation

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; PIPE; PORE SIZE; POROUS MATERIALS;

FLOW CHANNELING; PIPE NETWORKS;

WATER RESOURCES;

DISPERSION; FLOW MODELING; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 4344561427     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.05.001     Document Type: Article

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