The effect of a fissure on storage in a porous medium

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 639, Issue , 2009, Pages 239-259

  Neufeld, Jerome A ^a   Vella, Dominic ^a   Huppert, Herbert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; EFFICIENCY; GEOLOGY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; POROUS MATERIALS;

BUOYANCY DRIVEN FLOWS; GEOLOGICAL SEQUESTRATION; GRAVITY CURRENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LONG-TERM STORAGE; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; THEORETICAL MODELING; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BUOYANCY; CAP ROCK; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FISSURE; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LEAKAGE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 76349121787     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009991030     Document Type: Article

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