Research Article

Self-Potential Studies in Volcanic Environments: A Cheap and Efficient Method for Multiscale Fluid-Flow Investigations

Table 1

Onsager matrix displaying the types of coupled flow that can occur in a porous medium. The main diagonal represents direct flow phenomena, i.e., the actuating force and the corresponding flow are of the same type. The off-diagonal entries represent the coupled flow phenomena. Onsager reciprocity is reflected by the symmetrical entries across the main diagonal (e.g., streaming potential vs. electroosmosis). Bear in mind that this table is a highly simplified representation. Table 1 is modified from [48].

FluxDriving force: gradient of the actuating phenomenon
HydraulicElectricChemicalThermal

FluidDarcy’s lawElectroosmosisChemical osmosisThermoosmosis

ChargeStreaming potentialOhm’s lawDorn potentialSeebeck effect

SoluteUltrafiltrationElectrophoresisFick’s lawSoret effect

HeatIsothermal heatPeltier effectDufour effectFourier’s law