The active fracture model: Its relation to fractal flow patterns and an evaluation using field observations

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 259-269

  Liu, Hui Hai ^a   Zhang, Guoxiang ^a   Bodvarsson, Gudmundur S ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; LANDFORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES;

DEPTH EVALUATIONS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS; HIGH LEVEL NUCLEAR WASTES; THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS; UNSATURATED ZONE; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

FRACTALS;

EID: 4444278023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/2.2.259     Document Type: Article

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