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  • Permeability is the ability of the rock to allow the oil and gas to flow within the rock.

    Robert L. Cavnar: The Hydraulic Fracturing Dilemma, and Danger Robert L. Cavnar 2011

  • An early citation with the meaning of “problem” in the files of Merriam-Webster, which is tracking the new sense, is from a 1987 catalogue of the Society of Plastics Engineers: “Permeability is an issue.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • An early citation with the meaning of “problem” in the files of Merriam-Webster, which is tracking the new sense, is from a 1987 catalogue of the Society of Plastics Engineers: “Permeability is an issue.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • An early citation with the meaning of “problem” in the files of Merriam-Webster, which is tracking the new sense, is from a 1987 catalogue of the Society of Plastics Engineers: “Permeability is an issue.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • An early citation with the meaning of “problem” in the files of Merriam-Webster, which is tracking the new sense, is from a 1987 catalogue of the Society of Plastics Engineers: “Permeability is an issue.”

    No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003

  • Permeability beneath the volcanic center may be high, given the amount of intrusion-related deformation and the active normal faulting within the Danakil Depression.

    Geothermics Abstract 1998

  • Permeability usually relates to the coarseness of the aquifer material.

    1.1 The role and purpose of irrigation 1994

  • When tested in the manner as described in the Quality Control Guidelines (see also Annex .....) the fixing wire and the nib shall bear a weight of 200 N. 9.3 Permeability

    4. Content of a national standards document 1992

  • A roof part, generally lean-to, jutting out over an open-air area in front of an opening, facade, etc. Permeability:

    Chapter 14 1992

  • Permeability is a measure of the ease with which water and air move through the soil pores (section 10.3).

    5. How plants live and grow 1991

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