Onset of natural convection in layered aquifers

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 767, Issue , 2015, Pages 763-781

  Daniel, Don ^a   Riaz, Amir ^a   Tchelepi, Hamdi A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

buoyancy driven instability; convection; fingering instability

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; HEAT CONVECTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NATURAL CONVECTION; STABILITY; VORTICITY;

BOUNDARY LAYER THICKNESS; BUOYANCY DRIVEN INSTABILITY; EVOLUTIONARY PATH; FINGERING INSTABILITIES; LAYERED AQUIFER; ONSET OF CONVECTION; PERMEABILITY FIELDS; VELOCITY PERTURBATION;

BOUNDARY LAYERS;

AQUIFER; BUOYANCY; CONVECTION; FLOW MODELING; FLOW VELOCITY; INSTABILITY; PERMEABILITY; VORTICITY; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84923887059     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2015.56     Document Type: Article

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