Fluid flow partitioning between fractures and a permeable rock matrix

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Matthäi, Stephan K ^a   Belayneh, Mandefro ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FRACTURE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FLOW PARTITIONING; FRACTURE APERTURE VALUES; ROCK MATRIX;

ROCKS;

FLOW VELOCITY; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURED MEDIUM; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 3042778578     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019027     Document Type: Article

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