Rock fractures and fluid flow : contemporary understanding and applications /

• Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Fracture Characterization and Fluid Flow
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.
• Subjects: Rocks > Fracture.; Rock mechanics.; Fluid dynamics.; Hydrogeology.; Roches > Fracturation.; Roches, M�ecanique des.; Fluides, Dynamique des.; Hydrog�eologie.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Civil > Soil & Rock.; Electronic books.

Scientific understanding of fluid flow in rock fractures--a process underlying contemporary earth science problems from the search for petroleum to the controversy over nuclear waste storage--has grown significantly in the past 20 years. This volume presents a comprehensive report on the state of th...