Permeability changes induced by excavation in fractured tuff

Vail Rocks 1999 - 37th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 751-757

  Wang, J S Y ^a   Elsworth, D ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PERMEABILITY; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; EXCAVATION; EXPLORATORY BOREHOLES; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; UNLOADING;

AIR INJECTION TESTS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; FRACTURE PERMEABILITY; HORIZONTAL FRACTURES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERMEABILITY CHANGE; PERMEABILITY DISTRIBUTION; STRESS REDISTRIBUTION;

FRACTURE;

EID: 85012077113     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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