A laboratory assessment of flow characteristics and permeability of fractures in rock

Intact and fractured rock samples were studied in the laboratory in order to understand more fully the mechanism of closure of fractures subjected to high confining stresses and the resultant effect on specimen permeability. Confining stresses applied to the specimens ranged from 3.0 to 20.0 MPa, an...

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Main Author: Ryan, Thomas Michael, 1963-
Other Authors: Farmer, Ian
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1987
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/276629
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/276629