Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Coupling in Fractured Rock (Pageoph Topical Volumes)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Published: November 24, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9783764302535
Subjects: Soil & rock mechanics; Technology & Industrial Arts; Mechanics - General; Fluid dynamics; Technology; Science/Mathematics; Permeability; Earth Sciences - Geology; Engineering - Civil; Fluid Mechanics; Rock Mechanics; Science / Geology; General; Congresses; Groundwater flow; Rocks
First sentence: The supply and protection of groundwater, the production of hydrocarbon reservoirs, land subsidence in coastal areas, exploitation of geothermal energy and the long-term disposal of critical wastes or of CO2 at depth are all issues of obviously high socio-economic relevance.