Relationship between hydraulic conductivity and fracture properties estimated from packer tests and borehole data in a fractured granite

Engineering Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 73-87

  Hamm, Se Yeong ^a   Kim, MoonSu ^b   Cheong, Jae Yeol ^a   Kim, Jung Yul ^c   Son, Moon ^a   Kim, Tae Won ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Nakdong River Environment Research Center   (South Korea)

^c NONE   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acoustic televiewer; Core log; Fracture aperture; Fracture frequency; Fracture orientation; Fractured granite; Hydraulic conductivity; Packer test

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY;

ACOUSTIC TELEVIEWER; CORE LOG; FRACTURE FREQUENCY; PACKER TEST;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; BOREHOLE LOGGING; CORE LOGGING; FLUID INJECTION; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; TESTING METHOD;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; MOUNT GEUMJEONG; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 34249752765     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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