Effect of viscosity contrast on gravitationally unstable diffusive layers in porous media

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Daniel, Don ^a   Riaz, Amir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BUOYANCY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; VISCOSITY;

CLASSICAL PROBLEMS; CRITICAL VISCOSITY; DIFFUSIVE LAYERS; LAYER MODEL; RELATIVE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY CONTRAST; VISCOSITY INCREASE; VISCOUS EFFECT;

CONTRAST MEDIA;

EID: 84909942756     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: 10897666     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4900843     Document Type: Article

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