Fluid permeability of deformable fracture networks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 2489-2500

  Brown, Stephen R ^a   Bruhn, Ronald L ^b  

^a New England Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRACK GEOMETRY; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0031818706     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb03113     Document Type: Article

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