Determination of discontinuity size distributions from scanline data

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 347-368

  Priest, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discontinuity size; Sampling bias; Scanline; Trace length

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; JOINTS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR; ROCKS; STIFFNESS;

DISCONTINUITY SIZE; SAMPLING BIAS; SCANLINE DATA; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRACE LENGTH;

ROCK MECHANICS;

SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 10644236383     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00603-004-0035-2     Document Type: Article

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