A conceptual introduction to coupled thermo-hydro-mechanical processes in fractured rocks

Developments in Geotechnical Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue C, 1996, Pages 1-24

  Tsang, Chin Fu ^a   Stephansson, Ove ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 0142021185     PISSN: 01651250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1250(96)80020-4     Document Type: Article

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