Natural free convection in porous media: First field documentation in groundwater

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Van Dam, Remke L ^a   Simmons, Craig T ^b   Hyndman, David W ^a   Wood, Warren W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABU DHABI , UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DENSITY INVERSION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY MEASUREMENTS; FREE CONVECTIONS; NATURAL FIELDS; NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL; PLANETARY SCIENCE; POROUS MEDIA;

AQUIFERS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; OCEANOGRAPHY; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTATION; WATER;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

AQUIFER; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CONVECTION; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; GROUNDWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ABU DHABI [UNITED ARAB EMIRATES]; ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 68949117518     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL036906     Document Type: Article

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