Rock mass hydraulic conductivity of the Bukit Timah granite, Singapore

Engineering Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 211-216

  Zhao, J ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TUNNELS;

DISCONTINUITY ZONES;

ROCK MECHANICS;

GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032172063     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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