Significance of defects in annular well seals

Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-71

  Pekarun, Osman O ^a,b   Benson, Craig H ^b   Edil, Tuncer B ^b  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

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EID: 0032051341     PISSN: 1090025X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-025X(1998)2:2(65)     Document Type: Article

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