Wormhole formation in dissolving fractures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Szymczak, P ^b   Ladd, A J C ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLOW VELOCITY; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; HOMOGENEITY; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 70349423583     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JB006122     Document Type: Article

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