Discrete fracture fluid flow simulation of pumping tests in a fractured rock mass

4th North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 831-839

  Wang, M ^a   Kulatilake, P H S W ^a   Panda, B B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b AGRA Earth and Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; WELL LOGGING; WELL PUMPS;

ANISOTROPIC FRACTURES; BOREHOLE LOGS; DISCRETE FRACTURES; FRACTURED ROCK MASS; HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; HYDRAULIC PARAMETERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PUMPING TESTS;

FRACTURE;

EID: 0038750253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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