Injection of solids to lift coastal areas

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 466, Issue 2123, 2010, Pages 3225-3252

  Germanovich, Leonid N ^a   Murdoch, Lawrence C ^b  

^a Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Clemson University   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal areas; Flood protection; Ground uplift; Hydraulic fracture; Solid injection

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; FLOOD CONTROL; FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIRS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER INJECTION;

COASTAL AREA; FLOOD PROTECTION; GROUND ELEVATION; GROUND SURFACES; GROUND UPLIFT; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; INJECTION PROCESS; INSITU STRESS; NEW ORLEANS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SOLID MATERIAL;

SHORE PROTECTION;

EID: 78149337920     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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