New fracture characterization methods for siliciclastic rocks

2nd North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARM 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 1209-1213

  Laubach, Stephen E ^a   Milliken, Kitty L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS;

FRACTURE CHARACTERIZATION; FRACTURE DATA; FRACTURE NETWORK; MICROFRACTURES; MICROSTRUCTURE CHARACTERIZATION; PETROGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES;

FRACTURE;

EID: 84903812535     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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