The role of hydromechanical coupling in fractured rock engineering

Jonny Rutqvist1, Ove Stephansson2,3
1Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley, USA
2GeoForschungsZentrum, Potsdam, Germany
3Royal Institute of Technology, Department of Land and Water Resources Engineering, Stockholm, Sweden

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