Insights into the Relationships Among Capillary Pressure, Saturation, Interfacial Area and Relative Permeability Using Pore-Network Modeling
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Transport in Porous Media
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0169-3913,1573-1634
DOI: 10.1007/s11242-007-9191-7