Hydromechanical behavior of rock joints: A re-interpretation of published experiments

35th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics, USRMS 1995

Volumn , Issue , 1995, Pages 665-671

  Alvarez, Tirso A ^a   Cording, Edward J ^a   Mikhail, Reda A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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