The fracture permeability of Hard Rock Aquifers is due neither to tectonics, nor to unloading, but to weathering processes

Terra Nova

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 145-161

  Lachassagne, Patrick ^a,b   Wyns, Robert ^a   Dewandel, Benoît ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Danone Waters France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HARD ROCK; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; SAPROLITE; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 79955627087     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2011.00998.x     Document Type: Review

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