Two-dimensional stable-layered laboratory-scale experiments for testing density-coupled flow models

Water Resources Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Konz, M ^a   Ackerer, P ^b   Younes, A ^b   Huggenberger, P ^a   Zechner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; GALERKIN METHODS; HYDROGEOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

APPROXIMATION METHODS; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; BENCHMARK EXPERIMENTS; BREAK THROUGH CURVES; COUPLED FLOWS; DATA AVAILABILITIES; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; EXPERIMENTAL DATUM; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; FAULT ZONES; FLOW-THROUGH; FLUID FLOW PROBLEMS; GEOLOGICAL FAULTS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONS; IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; INITIAL DENSITIES; LABORATORY-SCALE; MIXED FINITE ELEMENTS; MULTIPOINT; NUMERICAL CODES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPPOSITE EDGES; PHYSICAL EXPERIMENTS; POROUS MEDIUMS; SALT CONCENTRATIONS; VARIABLE DENSITIES; VERTICAL CHANNELS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

BENCHMARKING; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; DATA SET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FAULT ZONE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW MODELING; FLUID FLOW; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLOW; LABORATORY METHOD; MODEL TEST; OUTFLOW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 62949142109     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008WR007118     Document Type: Article

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