Abstract
More than half of the surface area of the continents is covered with hard rocks of low permeability. These rocks may acquire moderate to good permeability on account of fracturing and hence are broadly grouped under the term fractured rocks, in the context of hydrogeology.
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Singhal, B.B.S., Gupta, R.P. (2010). Introduction and Basic Concepts. In: Applied Hydrogeology of Fractured Rocks. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8799-7_1
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