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Viscous fingers: from simple amorphous forms to anisotropic fractals

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Sonin, A.A. Viscous fingers: from simple amorphous forms to anisotropic fractals. Riv. Nuovo Cim. 14, 1–21 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02895851

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