Removable Borehole Extensometers for Measuring Axial Displacements During Well Tests

Geotechnical Testing Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-211

  Schweisinger, Todd ^a   Murdoch, Lawrence ^b   Huey, Cecil ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anchors; borehole; cracks; deformable; displacement; extensometer; field studies; fractures; geophysical; hydromechanical; in situ; measurement; mechanics; rock

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; DILATOMETERS; DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT; HYDROGEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; WATER LEVELS; WELL TESTING; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE TESTING; GEOPHYSICS; ROCK MECHANICS; WELLS;

AXIAL DISPLACEMENTS; BOREHOLE EXTENSOMETER; DEFORMABLE; DISPLACEMENT; FIELD STUDIES; FRACTURE APERTURES; GEOPHYSICAL; HYDROMECHANICAL; IN SITU; PUMPING WELL; HYDRAULIC WELLS; TEMPERATURE-COMPENSATED REFERENCE RODS;

FRACTURE; BOREHOLES;

EID: 34249311303     PISSN: 01496115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/GTJ100576     Document Type: Article

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