Estimating liquid fluxes in thermally perturbed fractured rock using measured temperature profiles

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 327, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 496-515

  Birkholzer, Jens T ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow; Fractured rock; Heat; Temperature profile; Thermal perturbation

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT STORAGE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FLOW; FRACTURED ROCK; HEAT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THERMAL PERTURBATION;

ROCK MECHANICS;

FLOW OF WATER; HEAT STORAGE; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); POROUS MATERIALS; ROCK MECHANICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ADVECTION; FRACTURE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HEAT TRANSFER; POREWATER; POROUS MEDIUM; ROCK MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

EID: 33746266313     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.049     Document Type: Article

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