On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into a confined, inclined aquifer

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 672, Issue , 2011, Pages 109-129

  Gunn, Iain ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convection in porous media; gravity currents; Hele Shaw flows

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION;

CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIAS; DEEP SALINE AQUIFERS; FUNCTION OF TIME; GRAVITY CURRENTS; HELE-SHAW FLOW; INJECTED FLUIDS; SLOPING AQUIFERS; SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EID: 79851516000     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112010005896     Document Type: Article

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