Scale effects related to flow in rough fractures

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 1023-1050

  Meheust Y ^a,b   Schmittbuhl, J ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Flow; Fracture; Hydraulic aperture; Roughness; Surface matching

Indexed keywords

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK MECHANICS; SCALE EFFECT;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK MECHANICS; ROUGHNESS; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0037401229     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012559     Document Type: Article

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