Investigations at Berkeley on fracture flow in rocks: From the parallel plate model to chaotic systems

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 1-58

  Witherspoon, Paul A ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 85040188001     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0001     Document Type: Chapter

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