Reactive mass transport modelling of a three-dimensional vertical fault zone with a finger-like convective flow regime

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 106, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 8-23

  Alt Epping, Peter ^a   Zhao, Chongbin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical reactions; Convective flow; Geological fault zone; Numerical modelling; Reactive mass transport

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE FLOW; GEOLOGICAL FAULT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; REACTIVE MASS; REACTIVE MASS TRANSPORT;

CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FLOW PATTERNS; FLUIDS; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT EXCHANGERS; LITHOLOGY; MASS TRANSFER; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ROCKS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; FAULT ZONE; FLUID FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; MINERAL ALTERATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; REACTIVE TRANSPORT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WALL ROCK;

EID: 77953590764     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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