Use of porosity to estimate hydraulic properties of volcanic tuffs

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 561-571

  Flint, Lorraine E ^a   Selker, John S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Effective porosity; Kozeny Carman; Volcanic tuffs; Yucca mountain

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; POROSITY; ROCKS;

VOLCANIC TUFFS;

VOLCANOES;

CONDUCTION; HYDRAULICS; POROSITY; ROCK; VOLCANO;

HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; POROSITY; TUFF; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NEVADA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

YUCCA;

EID: 0037402625     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0309-1708(02)00182-3     Document Type: Article

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