TRENDS, PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN FRACTURED ROCK HYDROLOGY

“Among the current problems that hydrogeologists face, perhaps there is none as challenging as the characterization of fractured rock” (Faybishenko and Benson, 2000). This paper discusses current trends in the characterization, conceptualization and analysis of flow and transport in fractured rocks as well as prospects and challenges for the future.

Cited reference: Faybishenko, B. and S.M. Benson (2000), Preface, ix, in Faybishenko, B., P.A. Witherspoon, and S.M. Benson, Editors (2000), Dynamics of Fluids in Fractured Rock, Geophysical Monograph 122, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.