On the time scales of nonlinear instability in miscible displacement porous media flow

Computational Geosciences

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 901-911

  Elenius, Maria Teres ^a   Johannsen, Klaus ^a  

^a Uni CIPR   (Norway)

Author keywords

CO 2 storage; Convection; Error estimation; Instability; Numerical simulation; Porous media

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONVECTION; FLUID FLOW; INSTABILITY; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; POROUS MEDIUM; TIMESCALE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 84866453977     PISSN: 14200597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10596-012-9294-2     Document Type: Article

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