Density-driven convection enhanced by an inclined boundary: Implications for geological CO2 storage

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Peichun A ^a,b   Riesing, Kathleen ^a   Stone, Howard A ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE TRANSPORT; DIFFUSIVE MIXING; HELE-SHAW CELLS; POROUS MEDIUM; SALINE AQUIFERS; TILT ANGLE;

POROUS MATERIALS;

AQUIFERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; GROUNDWATER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84873587679     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.87.011003     Document Type: Article

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