Scaling of fracture connectivity in geological formations

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2061-2064

  Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Bour, Olivier ^b   Davy, Philippe ^b   Odling, Noelle ^c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c NANSEN ENVIRONMENTAL AND REMOTE SENSING CENTER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; FLUID FLOW; FRACTURE NETWORK; SCALE EFFECT;

GEOPHYSICS; TECTONICS; FAULTING; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GEOLOGY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

POWER LAW;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; FRACTURE;

CONNECTIVITY THRESHOLD; CRITICAL LENGTH SCALE; FRACTURE CONNECTIVITY; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOLOGICAL FORMATION; LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; SCALING PROPERTIES;

EID: 0034352755     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL011241     Document Type: Article

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