Hydraulic and mechanical properties of natural fractures in low permeability rock

6th ISRM Congress 1987

Volumn , Issue , 1987, Pages 225-231

  Pyrak Nolte, Laura J ^a   Myer, Larry R ^a   Ook, Neville G W ^a   Witherspoon, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

EFFECTIVE STRESS; FRACTURE APERTURES; LABORATORY STUDIES; LOW PERMEABILITY ROCK; METAL INJECTION; NATURAL FRACTURE; QUANTITATIVE DATA; ROCK FRACTURES;

MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

EID: 85035336939     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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