Determining the permeability of fractured rocks based on joint mapping

Ground Water

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 509-515

  Zhang, Faming ^a   Zhou, Zhifang ^a   Huang, Yongqing ^a   Chen, Zuyu ^b  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research of China   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DATA REDUCTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; SURVEYS; TENSORS;

FIELD SURVEYS; ROCK MASS;

GROUNDWATER;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GROUNDWATER FLOW; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERMEABILITY; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORECASTING; GEOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERMEABILITY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 3042720056     PISSN: 0017467X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2004.tb02619.x     Document Type: Article

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