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Multi Scale Numerical Modelling Related to Hydrofracking for Deep Geothermal Energy Exploitation / Insana, Alessandra; Barla, Marco; Elmo, Davide. - In: PROCEDIA ENGINEERING. - ISSN 1877-7058. - ELETTRONICO. - 158(2016), pp. 314-319. [10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.448]

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Multi Scale Numerical Modelling Related to Hydrofracking for Deep Geothermal Energy Exploitation

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Procedia Engineering 158 ( 2016 ) 314 – 319

1877-7058 © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Peer-review under the responsibility of the organizing and scientific committees of CNRIG2016 doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2016.08.448

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