Saturation-dependent solute dispersivity in porous media: Pore-scale processes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1943-1951

  Raoof, A ^a   Hassanizadeh, S M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dispersion coefficient; dispersivity; drainage; pore network; pore scale; variably saturated solute transport

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; DRAINAGE; PORE SIZE; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOPOLOGY;

DISPERSION COEFFICIENT; DISPERSIVITY; PORE NETWORKS; PORE SCALE; VARIABLY SATURATED;

POROUS MATERIALS;

DARCY LAW; DISPERSION; DISPERSIVITY; DRAINAGE NETWORK; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; PORE SPACE; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATION; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOPOLOGY;

EID: 84877938190     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20152     Document Type: Article

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