Fractal Pressure-Transient Response of Fracture Networks

Journal of the Geothermal Research Society of Japan

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-116

  Ishido, Tsuneo ^a   Yano, Yusaku ^a   Nakao, Shinsuke ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

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EID: 0345418416     PISSN: 03886735     EISSN: 18835775     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11367/grsj1979.18.107     Document Type: Article

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