Getting more for less: The unusual efficiency of fluid flow in fractures

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-68

  Bai, T ^a   Pollard, D D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE FLOW;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE;

CUBIC LAW;

ROCKS;

EID: 0034745080     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000GL006124     Document Type: Article

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