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Convection in Porous Media

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Most of the studies of convection in porous media published before 1970 were motivated by geophysical applications, and many published since have geophysical ramifications; see, for example, the reviews bys Cheng (1978, 1985b). On the other hand, geothermal reservoir modeling involves several features which are outside the scope of this book. Relevant reviews include those by Donaldson (1982), Grant (1983), O’Sullivan (1985a), Bodvarsson et al. (1986), Bjornsson and Stefansson (1987), Lai et al. (1994), and McKibbin (1998). In this chapter we discuss a number of topics which involve additional physical processes or which led to theoretical developments beyond those which we have already covered.

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Nield, D.A., Bejan, A. (1999). Geophysical Aspects. In: Convection in Porous Media. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3033-3_11

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