Tensiometry in fractured rocks

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 348, Issue , 2000, Pages 161-174

  Faybishenko, Boris ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF WATER; HYSTERESIS; POROUS MATERIALS; ROCKS; TRAVEL TIME;

FRACTURE SATURATION; FRACTURE-MATRIX INTERACTION; HYDRAULIC COMPONENTS; HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS; POROUS AND FRACTURED MEDIAS; PREFERENTIAL WATER FLOW; SIMULATED RESPONSE; UNSATURATED HYDRAULICS;

FRACTURE;

FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HYDRAULICS; HYSTERESIS; INFILTRATION; SATURATION; TENSIOMETER; TRAVEL TIME; WATER FLUX;

EID: 84870995977     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2348-5.161     Document Type: Article

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