Flow and transport in fractured porous media : with 65 tables This book addresses the characterization of flow and transport in porous fractured media from experimental and modeling perspective. The volume explores porous media problems from the origin of the present natural porous structures to their characterization and various flow and transport phenomena that exist within the porous media. Examples are miscible displacements in porous media and fractured rock and the physical and chemical interactions within porous fractured aquifers. The book is a comprehensive presentation of investigations performed and analysed on different scales supporting the understanding and application of experimental studies and numerical simulations. TOC:Part I Assessment of Fractured Porous Media. Aquifer Analogue Approach. From Natural System to Numerical Model. Part II Project Scale Studies. Core Scale. Bench Scale. Field Block Scale. Part III Scale Independent Approaches and Investigations. The Multi Shell Model A Conceptual Model Approach. The Sensitivity Coef_cient Approach. Diffusivity Measurements. Analysis of the In_uence of Boundaries. A Multivariate Statistical Approach