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Spatial Variability of Properties in Porous Media: A Stochastic Approach

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Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media

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Stochastic methods may be applied to flow problems in porous media because they are well suited to cope with the variability of the physical properties in space.

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de Marsily, G. (1984). Spatial Variability of Properties in Porous Media: A Stochastic Approach. In: Bear, J., Corapcioglu, M.Y. (eds) Fundamentals of Transport Phenomena in Porous Media. NATO ASI Series, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6175-3_15

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