Pore scale simulation of solute transport in fractured porous media

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages

  Zhang, Dongxiao ^a   Kang, Qinjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; FRACTURE MECHANICS; POROUS MATERIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISPERSIONS; FRACTURE; POROSITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

PLUME VELOCITIES; POROUS MATRIX; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

MASS TRANSFER;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSIVE BEHAVIORS; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRACTURED POROUS MEDIA; LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATIONS; LOW PERMEABILITY; PORE-SCALE SIMULATION;

EID: 6044243585     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019886     Document Type: Article

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