Flow modeling and permeability estimation using borehole flow logs in heterogeneous fractured formations

Water Resources Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 997-1010

  Paillet, F L ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; BOREHOLE; FLOWMETER; PERMEABILITY;

BOREHOLE FLOW; FLOW MODELLING; FLOWMETER DATA; PERMEABILITY;

AQUIFERS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOWMETERS; FRACTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; STEADY FLOW; WATER LEVELS;

ARBITRARY NUMBER; FRACTURED FORMATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; PERMEABILITY ESTIMATION; QUASI-STEADY FLOW; STORAGE COEFFICIENT; STRADDLE PACKER; SURROUNDING ROCK MASS;

WELL LOGGING;

EID: 0031961589     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98WR00268     Document Type: Article

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