Experimental Investigation on the Stress-Dependent Permeability of Intact and Fractured Shale

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<div>The parameter analysis for the improved exponential model.</div>

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Figure 10: Experimental Investigation on the Stress-Dependent Permeability of Intact and Fractured Shale 