Scaling of fracture connectivity in geological formations

Details Scaling of fracture connectivity in geological formations Scaling of fracture connectivity in geological formations

Jul 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000georl..27.2061b&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 27, Issue 14, p. 2061-2064

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Physical Properties Of Rocks: Fracture And Flow, Physical Properties Of Rocks: Permeability And Porosity, Structural Geology: Fractures And Faults

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A new method to quantify fracture network connectivity is developed and applied to analyze two classical examples of fault and joint networks in natural geological formations. The connectivity measure accounts for the scaling properties of fracture networks, which are controlled by the power law length distribution exponent a, the fractal dimension D and the fracture density. The connectivity behavior of fracture patterns depends on the scale of measurement, for aD+1. Analysis of the San Andreas fault system shows that a

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