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Rasmussen 1995

Rasmussen, T.C. (1995). Laboratory characterization of fluid flow parameters in a porous rock containing a discrete fracture. Geophysical Research Letters 22: doi: 10.1029/95GL01094. issn: 0094-8276.

A porous block of volcanic tuff with an embedded fracture was used to perform laboratory-scale water and gas flow experiments for the purpose of obtaining unsaturated fractured rock characterization parameters. Rock matrix properties included porosity, hydraulic diffusivity and the gas-phase diffusion coefficient. Fracture properties included apertures, transmissivity, hydraulic conductivity, and air-entry pressure. Gas tracer experiments using argon and helium are presented for estimating fracture hydraulic conductivity, fracture apertures and rock matrix porosities. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1995

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Keywords
Physical Properties of Rocks, Fracture and flow, Physical Properties of Rocks, Permeability and porosity

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Geophysical Research Letters
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