The permeability of an intact granite

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-407

  Selvadurai, A Patrick S ^a   Boulon, M J ^b   Nguyen, T S ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR SAFETY COMMISSION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis of finite boundary effects; Barre granite; Elastic drive equation; Permeability; Pulse tests; Transient radial flow tests

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; PERMEABILITY; RADIAL FLOW; SATURATED MEDIUM;

EID: 10844274853     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2606-2     Document Type: Review

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