Percolation conditions in binary fractal fracture networks: Applications to rock fractures and active and seismogenic faults

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2003, Pages

  Nakaya, Shinji ^a   Yoshida, Tatsuya ^a   Shioiri, Naoya ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluid migration; Fractal; Fracture network pattern; Percolation; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FAULTING; FLUID FLOW; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; PERCOLATION; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0142197665     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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