Estimating three-dimensional rock discontinuity orientation from digital images of fracture traces

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-77

  Kemeny, John ^a,b   Post, Randy ^c  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Split Engineering LLC   (United States)

^c URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Fisher distribution; Fracture traces; Genetic algorithm; Joint orientation; Joint set; Rock discontinuity; Rock fractures

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; ROCKS;

TRACE ANGLES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

DIGITAL IMAGE; DISCONTINUITY; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0037290917     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-3004(02)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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