Spatial correlation structures of fracture systems for deriving a scaling law and modeling fracture distributions

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1079-1095

  Koike, Katsuaki ^a   Ichikawa, Yuichi ^b  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fracture system; Linear feature; Permeability; Scaling law; Semivariogram

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

FRACTURE DISTRIBUTIONS; SCALING LAW; SEMIVARIOGRAM;

FRACTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; ESTIMATION; FRACTURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMOTE SENSING;

CORRELATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; VARIOGRAM;

EID: 33746341163     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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