Multiscale lineament analysis and permeability heterogeneity of fractured crystalline basement blocks

Abstract D ≈ 1.51, with lineament lengths distributed following a general scaling power law (exponent α = 1.88). However, orientation-dependent analyses show that the identified sets vary their relative abundance and spatial organization and occupancy with scale, defining a hierarchical network. Lineament length, density, and intensity distributions of each set follow power-law scaling laws characterized by their own exponents. Thus, our multiscale, orientation-dependent statistical approach can aid in the identification of the hierarchical structure of the fracture network, quantifying the spatial heterogeneity of lineament sets and their related regional- vs. local-scale relevance. These results, integrated with field petrophysical analyses of fracture lineaments, can effectively improve the detail and accuracy of permeability prediction of heterogeneously fractured media. Our results also show how the geological and geometrical properties of the fracture network and analytical biases affect the results of multiscale analyses and how they must be critically assessed before extrapolating the conclusions to any other similar case study of fractured crystalline basement blocks.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Multiscale lineament analysis and permeability heterogeneity of fractured crystalline basement blocks ; volume:13 ; number:9 ; year:2022 ; pages:1431-1453 ; extent:23 ; Solid earth ; 13, Heft 9 (2022), 1431-1453 (gesamt 23)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Ceccato, Alberto ; Tartaglia, Giulia ; Antonellini, Marco ; Viola, Giulio

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/se-13-1431-2022
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2022091505384743565044
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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