A new small drill hole minipermeameter probe for in situ permeability measurement: Fluid mechanics and geometrical factors

Water Resources Research

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Dinwiddie, Cynthia L ^a,b   Molz III, Fred J ^b   Castle, James W ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geometric factor; Minipermeameter; Permeability; Pneumatic injection; Probe permeameter; Weathering

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DRILLING; FLUID MECHANICS; GEOMETRY; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MASS TRANSFER; PROBES; PRODUCT DESIGN;

CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; PERMEAMETERS;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

INSTRUMENTATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PERMEABILITY; WEATHERING;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 1142297965     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001WR001179     Document Type: Article

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