Hydraulic testing of low-permeability formations. A case study in the granite of Cadalso de los Vidrios, Spain

Engineering Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 88-97

  Mejías, Miguel ^a   Renard, Philippe ^b   Glenz, Damian ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Crystalline rocks; Hydraulic properties; Hydraulic testing; Low permeability formations; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; DEEP BOREHOLES; GEOLOGICAL BARRIERS; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; GRANITE FORMATION; GRANITE ROCK; HYDRAULIC CHARACTERIZATION; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDRAULIC TESTING; HYDRAULIC TESTS; HYDROGEOLOGICAL; INJECTION TEST; LEUCOGRANITES; LOW PERMEABILITY; LOW-PERMEABILITY FORMATIONS; MATLAB TOOLBOXES; METHODOLOGY; OPEN SOURCES; PACKER TESTS; PULSE TEST; SLUG TEST; STATE FLOW; STATIONARY STATE; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STUDY AREAS; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS; TEST SECTIONS; TESTING METHOD;

CAPILLARITY; EXTRACTION; GRANITE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; MATLAB; NUCLEAR FUELS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SURVEYS; TESTING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; LEUCOGRANITE; METHODOLOGY; NATURAL BARRIER; OPTIMIZATION; PERMEABILITY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; SOFTWARE;

CADALSO DE LOS VIDRIOS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MADRID [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 67651001598     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.05.010     Document Type: Article

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