Upscaling Hydraulic Conductivities in Cross-Bedded Formations

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 181-211

  Wen, Xian Huan ^a,b   Gómez Hernández, J Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic grid; Full conductivity tensors; Scaling

Indexed keywords

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SCALE EFFECT;

HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0031845116     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021776530485     Document Type: Article

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