Pressure solution for sequential hydraulic tests in low-transmissivity fractured and nonfractured media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 889-895

  Johns, R T ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; FRACTURE; HYDRAULICS; POROUS MEDIUM;

FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC TESTING;

GASTROPODA;

BOREHOLES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

CONSTANT PRESSURES; FRACTURED FORMATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS FORMATION; NUCLEAR WASTE DIS-POSAL; PRESSURE SOLUTION; SAFETY ASSESSMENTS; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; WELL BORE STORAGE;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 0031941105     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97WR03620     Document Type: Article

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