Hydromechanical effects of shaft sinking at the Sellafield site

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-29

  Rejeb, A ^a   Bruel, D ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FLOW CONTROL; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; PUMPS; SHAFT SINKING; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORKS (DFN); EXCAVATION DAMAGED ZONES (EDZ); HYDROMECHANICAL EFFECTS;

ROCK MECHANICS;

HYDROMECHANICS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE REPOSITORY; SHAFT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ENGLAND(CUMBRIA); SELLAFIELD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035089388     PISSN: 13651609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1365-1609(00)00061-7     Document Type: Article

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