Periodic pumping tests

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 479-493

  Renner, Jörg ^a   Messar, Mareike ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borehole geophysics; Fluidsin rocks; Fractures; Hydrology; Scale effect; Spectral analysis

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; FLUID INJECTION; FLUID PRESSURE; FRACTURE; PUMPING; SCALE EFFECT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TESTING METHOD;

EID: 33749338760     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.02984.x     Document Type: Article

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