A methodology to interpret cross-hole tests in a granite block

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 325, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 222-240

  Martinez Landa, Lurdes ^a   Carrera, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flow; Fractured rock; Hydraulic test; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CONFINED FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; HYDRAULIC TESTS;

GRANITE;

CONFINED FLOW; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FRACTURED MEDIUM; GRANITE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33744903367     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.10.017     Document Type: Article

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