Hydraulic modelling and the evaluation of the representative elementary volume (REV) in fractured rock;Hydraulische Modellierung und die Ermittlung des repräsentativen Elementarvolumens (REV) im Kluftgestein

Grundwasser

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-65

  Blum, P ^a   MacKay, R ^b   Riley, M S ^b   Knight, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c United Kingdom Nirex Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aquifer; Fractured rock; Hydraulic modelling; REV; Stochastic fracture network

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ROCKS;

AQUIFER; FRACTURE FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURED MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK; STOCHASTICITY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VOLUME;

EID: 33947358232     PISSN: 1430483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00767-007-0017-x     Document Type: Article

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