Three-dimensional measurement of fractures in heterogeneous materials using high-resolution X-ray computed tomography

Geosphere

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 499-514

  Ketcham, Richard A ^a   Slottke, Donald T ^a,b   Sharp Jr , Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CALIBRATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; FRACTURE NETWORK; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ROCK MECHANICS; TOMOGRAPHY; VOID;

EID: 78049464204     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00552.1     Document Type: Article

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