Insights into non-Fickian solute transport in carbonates

Water Resources Research

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2714-2728

  Bijeljic, Branko ^a   Mostaghimi, Peyman ^a   Blunt, Martin J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

carbonates; direct simulation; heterogeneity; micro CT images; non Fickian dispersion; pore scale modeling; porous media; propagator; transport; X ray synchrotron images

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PECLET NUMBER; PORE STRUCTURE; POROUS MATERIALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; VELOCITY;

DIRECT SIMULATION; HETEROGENEITY; MICRO CT; NON-FICKIAN; PORE-SCALE MODEL; PROPAGATOR; TRANSPORT; X-RAY SYNCHROTRON;

VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION;

BREAKTHROUGH CURVE; CARBONATE ROCK; DISPERSION; FLOW FIELD; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; HETEROGENEITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLUME; POROSITY; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; STOKES FORMULA; VELOCITY PROFILE;

EID: 84879988105     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: 19447973     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wrcr.20238     Document Type: Article

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