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Effects of Fracture Surface Roughness on Macroscopic Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Fracture Networks

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Z.Z. was financially supported by the Bolin Centre for Climate Research at Stockholm University, Sweden. B.L. was partially funded by Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (No. 24760690), Japan, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51279097). Dr. Lanru Jing from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, is acknowledged for the constructive comments and discussion. The two anonymous reviewers are acknowledged for their valuable comments.

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    Zhihong Zhao

  2. Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8521, Japan

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Zhao, Z., Li, B. & Jiang, Y. Effects of Fracture Surface Roughness on Macroscopic Fluid Flow and Solute Transport in Fracture Networks. Rock Mech Rock Eng 47, 2279–2286 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-013-0497-1

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