Fractal relations for the diameter and trace length of disc-shaped fractures

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue B8, 1997, Pages 18121-18125

  Piggott, Andrew R ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISC SHAPED FRACTURE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY;

EID: 0031406378     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb01202     Document Type: Article

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