New experimental techniques for pneumatic tomographical determination of the flow and transport parameters of highly fractured porous rock samples

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 51-63

  McDermott, C I ^a   Sauter, M ^b   Liedl, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental techniques; Flow and transport; Fractured rock; Pneumatic tomography; Scale

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; POROUS MATERIALS; TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SCALE DEPENDENCY;

HYDROLOGY;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY;

FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; POROUS MEDIUM; SOLUTE TRANSPORT; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141635259     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00132-X     Document Type: Article

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