Modelling flow in a pressure-sensitive, heterogeneous medium

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 972-989

  Vasco, D W ^a   Minkoff, Susan E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geomechanics; Hydrology; Non linear differential equations; Permeability and porosity; Transient deformation; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW MODELING; GEOMECHANICS; HYDROGEOLOGY; INVERSE ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESSURE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 70349983628     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04330.x     Document Type: Article

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