Stereological analysis of fractures in the Roselend tunnel and permeability determination

Water Resources Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Patriarche, Delphine ^a,b   Pili, Eric ^a   Adler, Pierre Michel ^c   Thovert, Jean François ^d  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b GAZ DE FRANCE   (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Futuroscope   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW OF WATER; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PROBABILITY;

POWER LAW; STEREOLOGICAL ANALYSIS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FLOW OF WATER; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PROBABILITY;

FRACTURE FLOW; PERCOLATION; PERMEABILITY; POWER LAW; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TUNNEL; WATER FLOW;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; ROSELEND TUNNEL; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35948991161     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006WR005471     Document Type: Article

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