A multi-scale numerical framework for the simulation of reactive solute transport in highly non-stationary porous media

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 369, 2026 4^th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Applied Mathematics (JIAMA’26)


Article Number		01003
Number of page(s)		10
Section		Applied Physics & Engineering Systems Modeling
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636901003
Published online		13 May 2026

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