An empirical model for estimating hydraulic conductivity of highly disturbed clastic sedimentary rocks in Taiwan

Engineering Geology

Volumn 109, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 213-223

  Ku, Cheng Yu ^a   Hsu, Shih Meng ^b   Chiou, Lin Bin ^b,c   Lin, Gwo Fong ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Borehole acoustic televiewer; Double packer system; Hydraulic conductivity; Rock mass; Sedimentary rocks

Indexed keywords

BELOW GROUND SURFACES; DOUBLE PACKER SYSTEM; EMPIRICAL MODEL; GEOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HYDRAULIC TESTS; IN-SITU; MODEL VERIFICATION; PERMEABILITY INDEX; ROCK MASS; ROCK QUALITY DESIGNATION; STUDY AREAS;

ACOUSTICS; BOREHOLES; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; LITHOLOGY; PACKERS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BOREHOLE; CLASTIC ROCK; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; ROCK MASS RESPONSE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 70350210495     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2009.08.008     Document Type: Article

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