Fracture aperture reconstruction and determination of hydrological properties: A case study at Draix (French Alps)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2095-2105

  Neuville, A ^a   Toussaint, R ^a   Schmittbuhl, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

Author keywords

Aperture reconstruction; Draix; Fracture; Hydraulic; Optical profiler; Self affinity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION TECHNIQUES; CROSS-OVER; DRAIX; FRACTURE APERTURES; FRENCH ALPS; GAUSSIANS; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; HYDROLOGICAL PROPERTIES; IN-SITU; INDIRECT INFERENCE; LASER PROFILOMETRY; OPTICAL PROFILER; SELF AFFINITY; SELF-AFFINE; SMALL SCALE; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT;

FERTILIZERS; HYDRAULICS;

FRACTURE;

BEDROCK; CORRELATION; FRACTURE APERTURE; GAUSSIAN METHOD; GEOMETRY; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; OPTICAL METHOD; PERMEABILITY; PRECISION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84863466567     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7985     Document Type: Article

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