Equivalent diffusion coefficient of clay-rich geological formations: Comparison between numerical and analytical estimates

Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1081-1091

  Bianchi, Marco ^a   Liu, Hui Hai ^a   Birkholzer, Jens T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion; Diffusion coefficient; Heterogeneous media; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITIES; EQUIVALENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DOMAIN; UPSCALING;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY MINERALS; ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DIFFUSION;

ANISOTROPY; CLAY; DIFFUSION; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ROCK PROPERTY; UPSCALING;

EID: 84878563055     PISSN: 14363240     EISSN: 14363259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00477-012-0646-1     Document Type: Article

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