A new stochastic model for fracture transmissivity assessment

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Kozubowski, Tomasz J ^a   Meerschaert, Mark M ^b   Gustafson, Gunnar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BOREHOLE INTERVAL; POWER LAW PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING;

BOREHOLES; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

BOREHOLE; FRACTURE; MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSMISSIVITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 41149136036     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006053     Document Type: Article

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