Three-phase numerical model of water migration in partially frozen geological media: Model formulation, validation, and applications

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-85

  Painter, Scott L ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing soils; Mars; Multiphase flow; Permafrost

Indexed keywords

COLD REGION; CRYOSPHERE; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FROZEN GROUND; HEAT TRANSFER; MARS; MODEL VALIDATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMAFROST; POROUS MEDIUM; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 78650703255     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-010-9197-z     Document Type: Article

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