Fracture spatial density and the anisotropic connectivity of fracture networks

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 122, Issue , 2000, Pages 203-211

  Renshaw, Carl E ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

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EID: 28944444066     PISSN: 00658448     EISSN: 23288779     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1029/GM122p0203     Document Type: Chapter

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