Geological controls on regional transmissivity anisotropy

Geofluids

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-241

  Chen, Z ^a   Grasby, S E ^a   Osadetz, K G ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flow network; Fracture; Geostatistics; Landsat; Stress

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER; CEMENTATION; DATA SET; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DISSOLUTION; FRACTURE ZONE; GEOSTATISTICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; IN SITU STRESS; LANDSAT; TRANSMISSIVITY;

CANADA; MANITOBA;

EID: 79955711331     PISSN: 14688115     EISSN: 14688123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-8123.2011.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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