Observations of preferential flow during a liquid release experiment in fractured welded tuffs

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-14

  Salve, Rohit ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOISTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; WATER;

FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERACTIONS; PREFERENTIAL FLOW; SPATIAL SCALES;

FLOW OF FLUIDS;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PREFERENTIAL FLOW;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 27644452224     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004WR003570     Document Type: Article

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