The Role of In Situ Stress in Organizing Flow Pathways in Natural Fracture Networks at the Percolation Threshold
We investigated the effect of in situ stresses on fluid flow in a natural fracture network. The fracture network model is based on an actual critically connected (i.e., close to the percolation threshold) fracture pattern mapped from a field outcrop. We derive stress-dependent fracture aperture fiel...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi-Wiley
2019-01-01
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| Series: | Geofluids |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/3138972 |