The Fadnoun area, Tassili-n-Azdjer, Algeria: Fracture network geometry analysis

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 273-285

  Zazoun, Reda Samy ^a  

^a SONATRACH   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Fadnoun; Fractal character; Fracture network; Power law; Scanline

Indexed keywords

EID: 85071027686     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2007.10.001     Document Type: Article

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