Rapid digital quantification of microfracture populations

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 408-420

  Gomez, Leonel A ^a,b   Laubach, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture; Dolostone; Fluid inclusion plane; Sandstone; Scaling; Spacing

Indexed keywords

DOLOSTONE; FLUID INCLUSION PLANE; FRACTURE MEASUREMENTS; MICROFRACTURES;

CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPES; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; ROCKS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DIGITIZATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

EID: 33644828829     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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