Experimental study of solute transport under non-Darcian flow in a single fracture

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 399, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 246-254

  Qian, Jiazhong ^a   Zhan, Hongbin ^b,c   Chen, Zhou ^a   Ye, Hao ^a  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Analytical solution; Boundary layer dispersion; Non Fickian transport; Simulation; Tracer test

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER DISPERSION; NON-FICKIAN TRANSPORT; SIMULATION; TRACER TEST;

ADVECTION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; FRACTURE; MASS TRANSFER; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

DISPERSIONS;

BOUNDARY LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SOLUTE TRANSPORT;

EID: 79952009345     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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