Fractal and multifractal measures of natural and synthetic fracture networks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 12205-12218

  Berkowitz, Brian ^a   Hadad, Avichay ^a,b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b Applic Quantit Models Environ E   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK;

EID: 3643086511     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb00304     Document Type: Article

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