A methodology for using borehole temperature-depth profiles under ambient, single and cross-borehole pumping conditions to estimate fracture hydraulic properties

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 407, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 145-152

  Klepikova, Maria V ^a   Le Borgne, Tanguy ^a   Bour, Olivier ^a   Davy, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Borehole velocity; Flowmeter; Fracture; Temperature; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

FLOW AND HEAT TRANSFER; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; HYDRAULIC HEADS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PUMPING CONDITION; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TRANSMISSIVITY; VERTICAL FLOWS;

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ESTIMATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOWMETERS; FRACTURE; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; HYDRAULICS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PUMPS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; ESTIMATION METHOD; FLOW VELOCITY; FLOWMETER; FRACTURE FLOW; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PUMPING; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TRANSMISSIVITY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT;

EID: 80052023779     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.07.018     Document Type: Article

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