Flow Dimension as an Indicator of Hydraulic Behavior in Site Characterization of Fractured Rock

Ground Water

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-341

  Kuusela Lahtinen, A ^a   Niemi, A ^b   Luukkonen, A ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; FRACTURE; GEOLOGY; HYDRAULICS;

FLOW DIMENSION;

GROUNDWATER;

FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FLOW MODELING; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ARTICLE; GEOLOGY; PRESSURE; SOIL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER FLOW;

GEOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PRESSURE; SOIL; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0042009605     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2003.tb02602.x     Document Type: Article

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