On the effective continuum method for modeling multiphase flow, multicomponent transport, and heat transfer in fractured rock

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 299-312

  Wu, Yu Shu ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85040186026     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0299     Document Type: Chapter

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