Scaling and Hierarchy of Models for Flow Processes in Unsaturated Fractured Rock

Boris Faybishenko, G.S. Bodvarsson, Jennifer Hinds, and Paul A. Witherspoon

Contact: Boris Faybishenko, 510/486-4852, BAFaybishenko@lbl.gov

Reserach Objectives
The goal of this research is to investigate whether a hierarchy of scales is needed to conduct measurements and develop models for an accurate description of the spatial-temporal behavior of flow and transport processes in unsaturated fractured rock.  

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