Scale effect and heterogeneity of hydraulic conductivity of sedimentary rocks at Horonobe URL site

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 33, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Kurikami, Hiroshi ^a   Takeuchi, Ryuji ^a   Yabuuchi, Satoshi ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid logging; Heterogeneity; Horonobe URL site; Hydraulic conductivity; Packer tests; Scale effect

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; ELASTIC MODULI; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ENERGY CONVERSION; HARVESTING; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDRAULICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INTERNET; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PACKERS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TESTING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WELL LOGGING;

AND MODELS; DEEP BOREHOLES; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; HETEROGENEITY; HOKKAIDO; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIAS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUMS; HORONOBE URL SITE; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INTACT ROCKS; JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCIES; PACKER TESTS; PERMEABILITY TESTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; SCALE EFFECT; SCALE EFFECTS; SEDIMENTARY FORMATIONS; UNDERGROUND RESEARCH LABORATORIES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BOREHOLE; HETEROGENEITY; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIUM; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; HORONOBE; JAPAN;

EID: 55949111361     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2008.10.016     Document Type: Article

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