Three-dimensional flow measurements in rock fractures

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3955-3959

  Dijk, Peter E ^a   Berkowitz, Brian ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW; FRACTURE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY OF LIQUIDS; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; ROCK MECHANICS; WALL FLOW;

HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; ROUGH-WALLED ROCK FRACTURES;

WATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0033237276     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900200     Document Type: Article

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