A universalpower-law scaling exponent for fracture apertures in sandstones

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 126, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages 1340-1362

  Hooker, J N ^a,b   Laubach, S E ^a   Marrett, R ^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

FRACTURE APERTURES; SCALING EXPONENT;

DISPLACEMENT; FRACTURE APERTURE; FRACTURE GEOMETRY; SANDSTONE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 84907478465     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 19432674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B30945.1     Document Type: Article

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