Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale
Characterizing fracture systems at various scales, modeling fracture distributions, and clarifying scale relations that correlate total fracture systems are of paramount importance in geology, mining, civil engineering, and petroleum engineering. In this paper, the conditions of fracture network geo...
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| author | Rouhollah Basirat Kamran Goshtasbi Morteza Ahmadi |
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| description | Characterizing fracture systems at various scales, modeling fracture distributions, and clarifying scale relations that correlate total fracture systems are of paramount importance in geology, mining, civil engineering, and petroleum engineering. In this paper, the conditions of fracture network geometry are investigated in a field scale (about 100 m) and a core sample scale (several centimeters). To achieve this purpose, field surveys and coring of rock outcrops were performed in the Asmari Formation of Iran. Fractures were manually sampled from rock outcrops on the field scale while micro-fractures were surveyed using CT-scan images of core samples on a small scale. To compare the fracture network geometry, two perspectives of fractal dimensions and orientation of fractures were used. The results showed that the fractal dimension has the same value in both field and core scales and the orientation of the fractures is similar in both scales. Therefore, it can be claimed that in the Asmari Formation of Iran the structure of the fracture network is similar in two studied scales. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-680aa2522aab4b3aa65812c8e5436a542025-01-02T23:01:51ZengGruppo Italiano FratturaFracture and Structural Integrity1971-89932020-01-011451718010.3221/IGF-ESIS.51.062638Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro ScaleRouhollah Basirat0Kamran Goshtasbi1Morteza Ahmadi2Tarbiat Modares UniversityTarbiat Modares UniversityTarbiat Modares UniversityCharacterizing fracture systems at various scales, modeling fracture distributions, and clarifying scale relations that correlate total fracture systems are of paramount importance in geology, mining, civil engineering, and petroleum engineering. In this paper, the conditions of fracture network geometry are investigated in a field scale (about 100 m) and a core sample scale (several centimeters). To achieve this purpose, field surveys and coring of rock outcrops were performed in the Asmari Formation of Iran. Fractures were manually sampled from rock outcrops on the field scale while micro-fractures were surveyed using CT-scan images of core samples on a small scale. To compare the fracture network geometry, two perspectives of fractal dimensions and orientation of fractures were used. The results showed that the fractal dimension has the same value in both field and core scales and the orientation of the fractures is similar in both scales. Therefore, it can be claimed that in the Asmari Formation of Iran the structure of the fracture network is similar in two studied scales.https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2638ct-scanfractal dimensionfracture systemscaling |
| spellingShingle | Rouhollah Basirat Kamran Goshtasbi Morteza Ahmadi Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale Fracture and Structural Integrity ct-scan fractal dimension fracture system scaling |
| title | Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale |
| title_full | Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale |
| title_fullStr | Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale |
| title_short | Scaling Geological Fracture Network from a Micro to a Macro Scale |
| title_sort | scaling geological fracture network from a micro to a macro scale |
| topic | ct-scan fractal dimension fracture system scaling |
| url | https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/2638 |
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