A discrete-fracture boundary integral approach to simulating coupled energy and moisture transport in a fractured porous medium

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 267-279

  Stothoff, Stuart ^a   Or, Dani ^b  

^a Stothoff Environmental Consulting   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85040177546     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0267     Document Type: Chapter

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