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Y. Hyun, S. P. Neuman, V. V. Vesselinov, W. A. Illman, D. M. Tartakovsky and V. Di Federico, "Theoretical interpretation of a pronounced permeability scale effect in unsaturated fractured tuff", Water Resour. Res., vol. 38, no. 6, doi:10.1029/2001WR000658, 2002

Abstract

Numerous single-hole and cross-hole pneumatic injection tests have been conducted in unsaturated fractured tuff at the Apache Leap Research Site (ALRS) near Superior, Arizona. Single-hole tests have yielded values of air permeability at various locations throughout the tested rock volume on a nominal scale of 1m. Cross-hole tests have yielded equivalent air permeabilities (and air-filled porosities) for a rock volume characterized by a length scale of several tens of meters. Cross-hole tests have also provided high-resolution tomographic estimates of how air permeability (and air-filled porosity), defined over grid blocks having a length scale of 1m, vary throughout a similar rock volume. The results have revealed a highly pronounced scale effect in permeability (and porosity) at the ALRS. We examine the extent to which the permeability scale effect is amenable to interpretation by a recent stochastic scaling theory, which treats the rock as a truncated random fractal.

BibTeX Entry

@article{hyun-2002-theoretical,
author = {Y. Hyun and S. P. Neuman and V. V. Vesselinov and W. A. Illman and D. M. Tartakovsky and V. Di Federico},
title = {Theoretical interpretation of a pronounced permeability scale effect in unsaturated fractured tuff},
year = {2002},
urlpdf = {http://maeresearch.ucsd.edu/Tartakovsky/Papers/hyun-2002-theoretical.pdf},
journal = {Water Resour. Res.},
volume = {38},
number = {6},
doi = {10.1029/2001WR000658}
}