Conditioning of stochastic 3-D fracture networks to hydrological and geophysical data

Advances in Water Resources

Volumn 62, Issue PA, 2013, Pages 79-89

  Dorn, Caroline ^a   Linde, Niklas ^a   Borgne, Tanguy Le ^b   Bour, Olivier ^b   de Dreuzy, Jean Raynald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Conditioned fracture network; Data integration; Discrete fracture network; Ground penetrating radar; Probabilistic inversion

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE NETWORK; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; GROUND PENETRATING RADARS; HYDRAULIC CONNECTION; POSITION AND ORIENTATIONS; POSTERIOR PROBABILITY; PROBABILISTIC INVERSION;

DATA INTEGRATION; ESTIMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE;

ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HYDRAULICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTICITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 84887205281     PISSN: 03091708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.advwatres.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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