Extension fracture propagation in rocks with veins: Insight into the crack-seal process using Discrete Element Method modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 5236-5251

  Virgo, Simon ^a   Abe, Steffen ^b   Urai, Janos L ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Institute for Geothermal Energy Resource Management   (Germany)

Author keywords

crack seal; DEM; discrete element method; fractures; vein networks; veins

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE NETWORK; FRACTURE PROPAGATION; HOST ROCK; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; ROCK MECHANICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 84889010665     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010540     Document Type: Article

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