Effects of air injection on flow through porous media: Observations and analyses of laboratory-scale processes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Dror, Ishai ^a   Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Gorelick, Steven M ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity reduction; Containment; Seawater intrusion; Subsurface barriers

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MATERIALS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SAND;

ADVECTIVE FLOW; AIR INJECTION; FLOW CELLS; HYDRAULIC BARRIERS;

FLOW OF WATER;

BARRIER; CONTAINMENT; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINE INTRUSION; WATER POLLUTION;

CONTAINMENT BARRIER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINE INTRUSION;

EID: 6344289246     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003WR002960     Document Type: Article

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