Cross-correlation between length and position in real fracture networks

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2003, Pages

  Darcel, C ^a   Bour, O ^a   Davy, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORRELATION METHODS; FRACTURE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; GEOMETRY;

RESOLUTION EFFECTS; CROSS CORRELATIONS; FRACTURE PATTERN; GEOMETRICAL MODELING; GEOMETRICAL PROPERTY; LENGTH AND POSITION; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; STRESS INTERACTION;

GEOPHYSICS; FRACTURE;

FAULTING; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0346152826     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017174     Document Type: Article

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