Characterization of major discontinuities from borehole cores of the black consolidated marl formation of Draix (French Alps)

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 2085-2094

  Neuville, A ^a   Toussaint, R ^a   Schmittbuhl, J ^a   Koehn, D ^b   Schwarz, J O ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG EOST   (France)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Earth System Research Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Draix; Fracture; Optical profiler; Self affinity; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE CORES; CALCITE VEINS; DRAIX; FRENCH ALPS; LASER PROFILERS; OPTICAL PROFILER; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; ROCK DISCONTINUITY; SELF AFFINITY; SELF-AFFINE SCALING; WATER TRANSPORT; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CATCHMENTS; FRACTURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SCANNING;

FERTILIZERS;

BOREHOLE; CALCITE; CATCHMENT; FRACTURE; MARL; MINERALOGY; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY;

ALPS; FRANCE;

EID: 84863474933     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.7984     Document Type: Article

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