Incorporation of effects of diffusion into advection-mediated dispersion in porous media

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 544-564

  Hunt, A G ^a   Skinner, T E ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Long tailed distribution; Percolation theory; Porous media; Solute dispersion

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954244775     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-010-9992-x     Document Type: Article

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