Initial pipe development within epikarst microfractures

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 516, Issue , 2016, Pages 129-136

  Dragila, Maria Inés ^a   Hay, Katrina M ^b   Wheatcraft, Stephen W ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Wheatcraft and Associates Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; GEOCHEMISTRY; SOLITONS;

DIFFUSIVE PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FIRST-ORDER ANALYSIS; FRACTURE WALLS; FREE SURFACE FILM; GEOCHEMICAL PROCESS; MICROFRACTURES; SOLUTE TRANSFER;

FILM GROWTH;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; KARST; PIPE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; WALL;

EID: 84971500230     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2016.2516(10)     Document Type: Article

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