Infiltration of a liquid finger down a fracture into superheated rock

Water Resources Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1665-1670

  Phillips, O M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ENTHALPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FLOW RATE; FRACTURE; HEAT; ISOTHERM; LIQUID; RADIUS; ROCK; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

FRACTURES; ROCK;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; SUPERHEATED ROCK; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0029661782     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR00464     Document Type: Article

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