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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-39-2016
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-39-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
15 Jan 2016
Research article |
| 15 Jan 2016
Accelerated gravity testing of aquitard core permeability and implications at formation and regional scale
School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
R. Crane
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
D. J. Anderson
Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
S. Bouzalakos
School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
M. Whelan
School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney,
Australia
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
D. McGeeney
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
P. F. Rahman
Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
R. I. Acworth
UNSW Connected Waters Initiative affiliated with the National Centre
for Groundwater Research and Training, Sydney, Australia
Water Research Laboratory, School of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- The Influence of Syndepositional Macropores on the Hydraulic Integrity of Thick Alluvial Clay Aquitards W. Timms et al. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017WR021681
- Are Visible Fractures Accurate Predictors of Flow and Mass Transport in Fractured Till? N. Young et al. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13013
- Effect of biopolymers on permeability of sand-bentonite mixtures M. Biju & D. Arnepalli https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrmge.2020.02.004
- A State-of-the-Art Review of Organic Polymer Modifiers for Slope Eco-Engineering L. Wang et al. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15132878
- MCDA, AHP and GIS-based groundwater recharge potential zones for coastal urban region, A case of Chennai, India P. Thiyagarajan et al. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pce.2026.104295
- Influence of climate change on water migration and foundation design in expansive soils K. Chao & T. Asif https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rineng.2026.110621
- Stress-dependent hydraulic properties of clayey-silt aquitards in eastern Australia S. Bouzalakos et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11440-016-0455-7
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Short summary
Low permeability sediments and rock can leak slowly, yet can act as important barriers to flow for resource development and for waste sequestration. Relatively rapid and reliable hydraulic tests of "tight" geological materials are possible by accelerating gravity. Results from geotechnical centrifuge testing of drill core and in situ pore pressure monitoring were compared with a regional flow model, and considered in the context of inherent geological variability at site and formation scale.
Low permeability sediments and rock can leak slowly, yet can act as important barriers to flow...
