Lacunarity analysis of fracture networks: Evidence for scale-dependent clustering

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1444-1449

  Roy, Ankur ^a   Perfect, Edmund ^a   Dunne, William M ^a   Odling, Noelle ^b   Kim, Jung Woo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clustering; Fractures; Gliding box algorithm; Joints; Lacunarity

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING; DEGREE OF CLUSTERING; DIFFERENT SCALE; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE SYSTEMS; GLIDING-BOX ALGORITHM; JOINTS; LACUNARITY; MECHANICAL UNITS; NATURAL FRACTURE; ROCK FRACTURES; ROCK MASS; SPATIAL SCALE;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; BASIN ANALYSIS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FRACTURE NETWORK; JOINT;

NORWAY;

EID: 78649462294     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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