In situ rock salt permeability measurement for long term safety assessment of storage

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 509-526

  Cosenza, Ph ^a,b   Ghoreychi, M ^a   Bazargan Sabet, B ^a   De Marsily, G ^b  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRINES; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; NITROGEN; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PORE PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DARCY LAW; GAS FLOW RATE; KNUDSEN EFFECT; PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENT;

ROCK MECHANICS;

IN SITU TEST; PERMEABILITY; ROCK SALT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR; UNDERGROUND STORAGE;

EID: 0033150498     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-9062(99)00017-0     Document Type: Article

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