NG006
Imaging  Individual Fractures, Networks of Fractures, and Fluid Flow Paths, for Modeling Scale Independent Fractured-Rock Hydrology

Session ID#: 80954

Session Description:
The properties of individual fractures in rock including spatial position, trace length (size), aperture, surface roughness are well known to be scale independent, an important input into synthetic models of fracture networks. Fluid flow paths through fracture networks have been modeled using percolation theory which also exhibits scale independence in the network and flow pathways. One of the holy grails of fractured rock hydrology has been to develop a high-resolution geophysical method for imaging fluid flow through fractured rock in the field in real time. There have been recent advances using tomography and other methods. Significant implications extend to oil and gas flow induced by fracking, groundwater movement, and the movement of contamination plumes. This session invites papers on imaging and modeling the physical and flow properties of individual fractures and networks of fractures and their scaling properties
Index Terms:

1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
1847 Modeling [HYDROLOGY]
4475 Scaling: spatial and temporal [NONLINEAR GEOPHYSICS]
8010 Fractures and faults [STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY]


Primary Convener:  Christopher Cramer Barton, Wright State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dayton, OH, United States
Convener:  Lawrence M Cathles, Cornell Univ, Ithaca, NY, United States
Primary Liaison:  Christopher Cramer Barton, Wright State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dayton, OH, United States
 
The hydraulic efficiency: A new tool for unique single fracture permeability prediction (494769)
Maximilian Oskar Kottwitz, Anton Popov, Tobias Baumann and Boris J P Kaus, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Institute for Geosciences, Mainz, Germany
 
Power Scaling and Seasonal Evolution of Sea-Ice Floe Area Distribution in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica (516533)
Tristan James Coffey and Christopher Cramer Barton, Wright State University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Dayton, OH, United States
 
Permeability Mapping Using Fracture Resonances in a GeoCritical Earth (522660)
Peter Eric Malin, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Charles Sicking, Ambient Reservoir Management, R&D, Dallas, TX, United States
 
The Value of Seismic Fracture Imaging to Safe Earth Source Heat Extraction (546960)
Lawrence M Cathles, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
 
Chattering Dust to Map Fracture Flow Path Topology and Geometry (558537)
Laura J Pyrak-Nolte, Purdue University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, West Lafayette, IN, United States, William Braverrman, Louisiana State University, Physics, Baton Rouge, United States, Alan Jeffrey Wright, Purdue University, Physics & Astronomy, West Lafayette, United States, Harman W Casey, Purdue University, Department of Physics & Astronomy, West Lafayette, United States, Nicholas Nolte, University of California Berkeley, Physics, Berkeley, United States and David D. Nolte, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States
 
Connectivity in Fracture Networks: Is Lacunarity a better indicator than Fractal Dimension? (625344)
Ankur Roy and Ajay K Sahu, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Petroleum Engineering Center, Kharagpur, India
 
Characterization of microfractures in three-dimensional space — methodology, examples and future applications (629010)
Jie Liu1, Chao Qi1, Jincheng Huang1, Keyu Liu2 and Klaus Regenauer-Lieb3, (1)Sun Yat-sen University, School of Earth Sciences and Engineering, Guangzhou, China, (2)China University of Petroleum (East China), School of Earth Sciences, Qingdao, China, (3)University of New South Wales, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, Sydney, Australia
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