The spatial heterogeneity of structures in high porosity sandstones: Variations and granularity effects in orientation data

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 628-636

  Guo, Jiulin ^a   McCaffrey, Kenneth ^a   Jones, Richard ^a   Holdsworth, Robert ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deformation bands; Fracture heterogeneity; Geospatial analysis; Spatial aliasing; Spatial variation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955991915     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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