Characterisation of Hydraulic Fractures in Limestones Using X-ray Microtomography

Advances in X-ray Tomography for Geomaterials

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 221-227

  Renard, François ^a,b   Bernard, Dominique ^c   Desrues, Jacques ^d   Plougonven, Erwan ^c   Ougier Simonin, Audrey ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE GRENOBLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE SOLS SOLIDES STRUCTURES   (France)

Author keywords

Hydraulic fracture; Permeability tensor; X ray computed microtomography

Indexed keywords

EID: 69749103702     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470612187.ch20     Document Type: Chapter

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