- Foams for Aquifer Remediation: Two Flow Regimes and Its Implication to Diversion Process
- Kam, Seung-Ihl;Jonggeun Choe;
- Australian School of Petroleum, The University of Adelaide;Member Research Institute of Engineering Science, School of Civil, Urban and Geosystems Engineering, Seoul National University;
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