Fractal aspects of miscible displacement in rough fractures: An experimental approach

Fractals

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Korfanta, M ^a   Babadagli, T ^a   Develi, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Fractal Dimension of Fracture Surface; Fractal Front; Lithology; Miscible Displacement; Surface Roughness

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL DIMENSION; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; SPECTRAL DENSITY; VISCOSITY;

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; FLUID DISTRIBUTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION OF FRACTURE SURFACE; FRACTAL FRONT; FRACTURE SURFACES; MISCIBLE DISPLACEMENT; ROUGH FRACTURES; SINGLE FRACTURE; TRIANGULAR PRISM; VISCOSITY RATIOS;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84928628003     PISSN: 0218348X     EISSN: 17936543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218348X15400058     Document Type: Article

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