Permeability anisotropy induced by the shear displacement of rough fracture walls

Water Resources Research

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Auradou, H ^a   Drazer, G ^b   Hulin, J P ^a   Koplik, J ^b  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; WATER RESOURCES;

BOLTZMANN TECHNIQUES; DYED FLUID; ROUGH FRACTURE WALLS; SHEAR DISPLACEMENT;

ANISOTROPY;

FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDROGEOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERMEABILITY; TRACER;

EID: 27644573917     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005WR003938     Document Type: Article

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