Gravity currents with residual trapping

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 611, Issue , 2008, Pages 35-60

  Hesse, M A ^a   Orr, F M ^a   Tchelepi, H A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HYDROGEOLOGY;

CONFINED AQUIFERS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; MIGRATION DISTANCE; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SHARP INTERFACE MODEL; SLOPING AQUIFERS; STRUCTURAL CLOSURES; VERTICAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

AQUIFERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONFINED AQUIFER; MODELING; POWER LAW;

EID: 50949089302     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002211200800219X     Document Type: Article

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