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Dossier: Fractured Reservoir Simulation
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Oil Gas Sci. Technol. – Rev. IFP
Volume 65, Number 2, March-April 2010
Dossier: Fractured Reservoir Simulation
Page(s) 239 - 262
DOI https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2009066
Published online 07 April 2010
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