Relative Permeabilities for Strictly Hyperbolic Models of Three-Phase Flow in Porous Media
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عنوان ژورنال: Transport in Porous Media
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0169-3913
DOI: 10.1023/b:tipm.0000038251.10002.5e