Capillary entry pressure and the leakage of gravity currents through a sloping layered permeable rock

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 618, Issue , 2009, Pages 361-379

  Woods, Andrew W ^a   Farcas, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CAPILLARY ENTRY PRESSURE; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; GRAVITY CURRENTS; INSTANTANEOUS RELEASE; LATERALLY SPREADING; LOW PERMEABILITY; PERMEABLE ROCKS; POROUS ROCKS;

AQUIFERS;

AQUIFER; CAPILLARITY; CARBON DIOXIDE; FLUID FLOW; PERMEABILITY; POROUS MEDIUM; WATER FLOW;

EID: 57749199458     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008004527     Document Type: Article

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