Scaling of fracture systems in geological media

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 347-383

  Bonnet, E ^a   Bour, O ^b   Odling, N E ^a   Davy, P ^b   Main, I ^c   Cowie, P ^c   Berkowitz, B ^d  

^a Nansen Center   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; POWER LAW; SCALE EFFECT;

EID: 0034794701     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RG000074     Document Type: Article

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