On the flow of buoyant fluid injected into an aquifer with a background flow

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 706, Issue , 2012, Pages 274-294

  Gunn, Iain ^a   Woods, Andrew W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

convection in porous media; gravity currents; porous media

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; POROUS MATERIALS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAJECTORIES;

BUOYANCY-DRIVEN EXCHANGE FLOWS; CO2 SEQUESTRATION; CONTROLLING PARAMETERS; CONVECTION IN POROUS MEDIAS; GEOLOGICAL STORAGE; GRAVITY CURRENTS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; PRESSURE BUILD UP;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

AQUIFER; BUOYANCY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; FLUID INJECTION; PLUME; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 84871500982     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2012.253     Document Type: Article

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