Solute transport in a filled single fracture under non-Darcian flow

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 132-140

  Qian, J Z ^a   Chen, Z ^a   Zhan, H B ^b,c   Luo, S H ^d  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^d HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Filled single fracture; Non Fickian transport; Simulation; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; DISPERSIONS; FRACTURE;

ADVECTION-DISPERSION EQUATION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; FILLED SINGLE FRACTURE; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FLOW CONDITION; NON-DARCIAN FLOW; NON-FICKIAN TRANSPORTS; SIMULATION; SINGLE FRACTURE; TRACER TESTS;

SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TRACER;

EID: 78650522000     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmms.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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