Using borehole data to estimate size and aspect ratio of subsurface fractures

Gulf Rocks 2004 - 6th North America Rock Mechanics Symposium, NARMS 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Wang, Xiaohai ^a   Mauldon, Matthew ^a   Dunne, William ^b   Heiny, Chris ^b  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BOREHOLES; FRACTURE; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FRACTURE SIZE; GEOMETRIC RELATIONS; INTERSECTION TYPES; ROCK CORE; SUB-SURFACE FRACTURES;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 84973229894     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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