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The Role of Tortuosity in Upscaling

✍ Scribed by Francisco J. Valdés-Parada; Mark L. Porter; Brian D. Wood


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
687 KB
Volume
88
Category
Article
ISSN
0169-3913

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