Scale dependence of intragranular porosity, tortuosity, and diffusivity

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ewing, Robert P ^a   Hu, Qinhong ^b   Liu, Chongxuan ^c  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; CONNECTION PROBABILITY; DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; DIFFUSIVITIES; FINITE DIFFERENCE MODEL; FLOWING WATERS; INTRAGRANULAR PORES; NON-UNIFORMITIES; PERCOLATION THEORY; PORE CONNECTIVITY; PORE-SCALE NETWORKS; SCALE DEPENDENCE; SCALING RELATIONSHIPS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

DIFFUSION; POROSITY; SOLVENTS; SORPTION;

SPHERES;

DIFFUSIVITY; GRANULAR MEDIUM; PERCOLATION; POROSITY; SORPTION; TORTUOSITY;

EID: 77954410187     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008183     Document Type: Article

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