Quantifying fractured crystalline-rock properties using well tests, earth tides and barometric effects

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 414-415, Issue , 2012, Pages 317-328

  Burbey, Thomas J ^a   Hisz, David ^b   Murdoch, Lawrence C ^b   Zhang, Meijing ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer testing; Extensometers; Fractured rock aquifers; Tiltmeters

Indexed keywords

AQUIFER TESTS; BOREHOLE EXTENSOMETER; BOREHOLE LOGGING; DATA SETS; EARTH TIDE; FRACTURED ROCK; HIGH-PRECISION; HYDRAULIC COMMUNICATION; POISSON'S RATIO; POROSITY CALCULATIONS; PUMPING TESTS; PUMPING WELL; STRAIN DATA; TILTMETERS; VIRGINIA; WELL TEST;

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; DEFORMATION; DILATOMETERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; POISSON RATIO; PUMPS; ROCKS; TIDE GAGES; TIDES; WELL TESTING;

FRACTURE;

AQUIFER CHARACTERIZATION; BAROMETRY; BEDROCK; BOREHOLE LOGGING; COMPRESSIBILITY; DATA SET; EARTH TIDE; ELASTIC MODULUS; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; POISSON RATIO; POROSITY; PUMPING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WELL TESTING;

FLOYD COUNTY [VIRGINIA]; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

EID: 84855197375     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.11.013     Document Type: Article

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