Gas migration through water-saturated, fractured rock: Results of a gas injection test

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 76-98

  Gascoyne, M ^a   Wuschke, D M ^a  

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW OF FLUIDS; HELIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BEDROCK FRACTURE; BRAESTER THUNVIK MODEL; GAS INJECTION TESTS; GAS MIGRATION;

GEOLOGICAL REPOSITORIES;

FLOW PATTERNS; GAS; MIGRATION; ROCK;

EID: 0007210001     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(96)03305-7     Document Type: Article

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