Fracture length estimation from borehole image logs

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 737-753

  Özkaya, Sait Ismail ^a  

^a NONE   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Aperture; Fracture length; Full trace; Partial trace fractures; Spacing

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE LOGGING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRACTURE APERTURE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4344586622     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MATG.0000002987.69549.ba     Document Type: Article

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