Stochastic fracture geometry modeling in 3-D including validations for a part of Arrowhead East Tunnel, California, USA

Engineering Geology

Volumn 70, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 131-155

  Kulatilake, Pinnaduwa H S W ^a   Um, Jeong Gi ^a   Wang, Mingyu ^a   Escandon, Richard F ^b   Narvaiz, John ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Fracture geometry; Fracture network validation; Probability distributions; Statistical modeling; Tunnel site

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FRACTURE; ROCKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION);

ROCK EXPOSURES;

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY;

FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE NETWORK; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; GNEISS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TUNNEL;

EID: 0041845412     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-7952(03)00087-5     Document Type: Article

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