Analysis of high-pressure fluid flow in fractures with application to Yucca Mountain, Nevada, slug test data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 277, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 83-98

  Davies, John Bruce ^a   Archambeau, Charles B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Fractures; High pressure; Nevada; Slug test data; Yucca mountain

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SLUG TEST; SLUG TEST DATA;

USA, NEVADA, YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 0031422494     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00079-6     Document Type: Article

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