Comparison of measured and modelled hydraulic conductivities of fractured sandstone cores

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 160, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 909-927

  Baraka Lokmane, Salima ^a,b   Liedl, Rudolf ^a   Teutsch, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fracture geometry; Fractured sandstone; Hydraulic conductivity; Visualisation of natural fractures

Indexed keywords

CORE LOGGING; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; RESIN; ROCK MECHANICS; SANDSTONE; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 0037401241     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012572     Document Type: Article

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