Geomechanical model for fracture deformation under hydraulic, mechanical and thermal loads

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 485-498

  McDermott, Chris ^a   Kolditz, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE FLOW; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 33645853754     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-005-0455-4     Document Type: Article

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