Equivalent medium representation of fractured rock

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B2, 2000, Pages 2981-3000

  Liu, Enru ^a   Hudson, John A ^b   Pointer, Tim ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURED MEDIUM; MODELING;

EID: 0034628323     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900306     Document Type: Article

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