Effective media theory with spatial correlation for flow in a fracture

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B10, 1997, Pages 22587-22594

  Walsh, Joseph B ^a,e   Brown, Stephen R ^b,d   Durham, William B ^c  

^a Sandia National Laboratories ^*

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d New England Research   (United States)

^e Box 22   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE MEDIA THEORY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0031425316     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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