Mixing at the interface between two fluids in aquifer well upconing steady flow

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Paster, A ^a   Dagan, G ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEAWATER; WATER;

AXISYMMETRIC; FRESH WATERS; MIXING LAYERS; UPCONING;

MIXING;

AQUIFER; DISPERSIVITY; FLUID FLOW; MIXING; STEADY FLOW; STOKES FORMULA; TRANSITION ZONE; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 46049107340     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006510     Document Type: Article

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