Effects of mechanical dispersion on the morphological evolution of a chemical dissolution front in a fluid-saturated porous medium

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 373, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 96-102

  Chen, Jui Sheng ^a   Liu, Chen Wuing ^b   Lai, Geng Xin ^a   Ni, Chuen Fa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemical dissolution front; Double fingering front; Mechanical dispersion; Planar front; Single fingering front; Wormhole

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DISSOLUTION FRONT; DOUBLE-FINGERING FRONT; MECHANICAL DISPERSION; PLANAR FRONT; SINGLE-FINGERING FRONT; WORMHOLE;

DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINING; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POROUS MATERIALS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISSOLUTION;

DISPERSION; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

EID: 66949142216     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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