Estimation of fracture zone geometry from steady-state hydraulic head data using iterative sequential cokriging

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2685-2688

  Renshaw, Carl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROLOGY;

ACCURATE MODELING; CO-KRIGING; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; HYDRAULIC HEADS; STEADY STATE;

ITERATIVE METHODS; GEOMORPHOLOGY;

FRACTURE ZONES;

COKRIGING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE ZONE GEOMETRY; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDROGEOLOGY;

EID: 0030235929     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL02415     Document Type: Article

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