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This work develops the theory of measuring fracture frequency with curved scanlines, as a direct development of work done by others on straight scanlines. Various possible shapes for curved scanlines range between triangular and rectangular, with circular as a reasonable preliminary selection. The discrepancy among different selections decreases with increasing roughness amplitude of the scanline. Analytic solutions for average fracture frequency are given for circular scanlines through single and multiple fracture sets. Results for single fracture sets are plotted. The analytic solution for the general situation of any shape scanline through multiple fracture sets is given. Analytic solutions are given and plotted for circular scanlines through a fracture fabric ellipsoid. A circular scanline spanning 180 degrees yields a global fracture frequency of statistical significance. 相似文献
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RobertD.JACOBI 《《地质学报》英文版》2003,77(4):491-503
2-D and 3-D densities of fractures are commonly used in mining safety design, natural gas and oil production in fractured reservoirs, and the characterization of subsurface flow and transportation systems in fractured rocks. However, many field data sets are collected in 1-D frequency (f) (e.g., scanlines and borehole data). We have developed an ARC/ INFO-based technology to calculate fracture frequency and densities for a given fracture network. A series of numerical simulations are performed in order to determine the optimal orientation of a scanline, along which the maximum fracture frequency of a fracture network can be obtained. We calculated the frequency (f) and densities (both D1 and D2) of 36 natural fracture trace maps, and investigated the statistical relationship between fracture frequency and fracture density D1, i.e. D1=1.340f+ 0.034. We derived analytical solutions for converting dimensional density (D1) to non-dimensional densities (D2 and D3) assuming that fracture length distribution f 相似文献
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The state of the art of numerical modeling of thermohydrologic flow in fractured rock masses is reviewed and a comparative
study is made of several models which have been developed in nuclear waste isolation, geothermal energy, ground water hydrology,
petroleum engineering, and other geologic fields. The general review is followed by individual summaries of each model and
the main characteristics of its governing equations, numerical solutions, computer codes, validations, and applications.
This work was supported by the Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Office of Waste Isolation of the U. S. Department of
Energy under Contract Number DE-AC03-76SF00098. Funding for this project is administered by the Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
at Battelle Memorial Institute. 相似文献
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Zekai Şen 《Arabian Journal of Geosciences》2014,7(7):2915-2922
Rock quality designation (RQD) is a simple and effective way of rock mass classification from surface scanlines or preferably borehole measurements. A major drawback in its classical use is that only one representative RQD value is obtained from the field measurements per core run. However, it is shown in this paper that the field measurements along a scanline provide detailed information about the rock quality and the fracture intensity (FI) for a given number of joints. In order to be able to extract the complete information concealed within the field data, the RQD-fracture index diagram concept is proposed and applied to actual field scanline measurements from England. The basis of the suggested procedure is to obtain a series of all possible RQD and FI values from given intact length measurements. This procedure provides additional information as to the local zones of heterogeneities within the rock mass and a new way of rock classification on the basis of the combined effects of RQD and FI. It is also possible to calculate percentages of different rock qualities within the same rock mass. 相似文献
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Characterising fractures at outcrop for use as analogues to fractured reservoirs can use several methods. Four important fracture data collection methods are linear scanline sampling, areal sampling, window sampling and circular scanline sampling. In regions of homogeneous fracture networks these methods are adequate to characterise fracture patterns for use as outcrop analogues, however where fractures are heterogeneous, it is more difficult to characterise fracture networks and a different approach is needed.We develop a workflow for fracture data collection in a region of heterogeneous fractures in a fold and thrust belt, which we believe has applicability to a wide variety of fracture networks in different tectonic settings. We use an augmented circular scanline method, along with areal sampling to collect a range of fracture attribute data, including orientation, length, aperture, spatial distribution and intensity. This augmented circular scanline method more than halves the time taken for data collection, provides accurate, unbiased data that is representative of local fracture network attributes and involves data collection of a wider range of fracture attributes than other sampling techniques alone. 相似文献
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An automated method is presented for the identification of peaks in sets of sequential data. The method is based upon the location of those segments with maximum variance and has the advantage of guarding against the masking of small-scale effects by large-scale effects. The procedure is illustrated with data taken as part of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation project.This work was performed under the auspices of the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration, Grand Junction Office. 相似文献
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Compaction localization in the Earth and the laboratory: state of the research and research directions 总被引：1，自引：1，他引：1
Localized compaction in porous rocks is a recently recognized phenomenon that has been shown to reduce permeability dramatically.
Consequently, the phenomenon is relevant to a variety of technologies involving fluid injection or withdrawal. This article
summarizes current understanding of localized compaction and impediments to further progress. The article is based on discussions
at a small workshop on localized compaction sponsored by the Office of Science, U. S. Department of Energy. 相似文献
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《Journal of Structural Geology》2001,23(2-3):247-258
We introduce new estimators for fracture trace intensity, trace density and mean trace length that exploit the use of circles as efficient sampling tools. A fracture trace is the commonly observed surface expression of a fracture, i.e. the intersection of a fracture with an exposed surface such as a rock pavement or a mine drive wall. Trace intensity, trace density and mean trace length estimators are derived and shown to form a self-consistent set of two-dimensional fracture abundance measures. The intensity estimator n/4r uses the number, n, of intersections between fracture traces and a circular scanline of radius r. The density estimator m/2πr2 uses the number, m, of trace endpoints inside a circular window. The mean trace length estimator (n/m)πr/2 uses the ratio of the number of trace intersections on the circle to the number of endpoints in the circle.The circular sampling tools and estimators described here eliminate most sampling biases due to orientation and also correct many errors due to censoring and length bias that plague established scanline and areal measurement techniques. Performance of the estimators is demonstrated by comparison with areal samples of a synthetic fracture trace population with known intensity, density and mean trace length. The estimators are also applied successfully to a natural rock pavement with two orthogonal fracture sets, one of which is severely censored. Because the new circle-based estimators only require counts of trace–circle intersections and/or trace endpoints, they are more time-efficient than current methods for estimating geometric characteristics of fracture traces. 相似文献
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Describing the Geometry of 3D Fracture Systems by Correcting for Linear Sampling Bias 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
Analyzing the geometric bias inherent to linear sampling of natural fracture systems is a prerequisite to any attempt of structural modeling. In this paper, the basic parameters of 1D-sampled fracture sets, i.e. orientation, density, and size, are interpreted in terms of geometric probabilities. Weighting factors are derived which allow the 3D restitution of a moderately variable fracture network from a single borehole. The proposed method is applied to well core data from a granitic rock mass, and the efficiency of the proposed corrections is illustrated through random disc simulations tested by virtual scanlines analogous to the real borehole. This approach aims to reduce the prospecting effort in exploration, and to criticize assumption of structural homogeneity by rigorously comparing fracture populations collected from nonparallel boreholes. Then a parametric study of fracture size is performed and a range of mean size leading to fully connected networks is identified. 相似文献
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S. D. Priest 《Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering》2004,37(5):347-368
Summary The paper outlines a new method for estimating the distribution form, and mean size, of discontinuities from scanline data. By assuming that the discontinuities are circular discs it has been possible to apply existing solutions for the distributions of censored semi-trace lengths sampled by a scanline at an exposed rock face. These solutions have been implemented by numerical quadrature in a standard Excel spreadsheet, with solution optimisation achieved with Solver. Problems caused by a singularity in the integration were overcome by applying an integration offset parameter. A trigonometrical substitution for removing this singularity is also outlined. The numerical quadrature strategy was validated by comparison with the analytical solution for the uniform distribution, and by comparison with the results of an extensive geometrical simulation of the stereological process. A new distribution, here named the Wicksell distribution, has been identified. This distribution is characterised by the fact that the distribution of disc diameters and the distribution of complete traces on a cutting plane are identical. Two examples, based on real scanline data, are presented to illustrate the practical application of the new methods. 相似文献
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Estimating the hydraulic properties of fractured aquifers is challenging due to the complexity of structural discontinuities that can generally be measured at a small scale, either in core or in outcrop, but influence groundwater flow over a range of scales. This modeling study uses fracture scanline data obtained from surface bedrock exposures to derive estimates of permeability that can be used to represent the fractured rock matrix within regional scale flow models. The model is developed using PETREL, which traditionally benefits from high resolution data sets obtained during oil and gas exploration, including for example seismic data, and borehole logging data (both lithological and geophysical). The technique consists of interpreting scanline fracture data, and using these data to generate representative Discrete Fracture Network (DFN) models for each field set. The DFN models are then upscaled to provide an effective hydraulic conductivity tensor that represents the fractured rock matrix. For each field site, the upscaled hydraulic conductivities are compared with estimates derived from pumping tests to validate the model. A hydraulic conductivity field is generated for the study region that captures the spatial variability of fracture networks in pseudo-three dimensions from scanline data. Hydraulic conductivities estimated using this approach compare well with those estimated from pumping test data. The study results suggest that such an approach may be feasible for taking small scale fracture data and upscaling these to represent the aquifer matrix hydraulic properties needed for regional groundwater modeling. 相似文献
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Six national-scale, or near national-scale, geochemical data sets for soils or stream sediments exist for the United States. The earliest of these, here termed the ‘Shacklette’ data set, was generated by a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project conducted from 1961 to 1975. This project used soil collected from a depth of about 20 cm as the sampling medium at 1323 sites throughout the conterminous U.S. The National Uranium Resource Evaluation Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (NURE-HSSR) Program of the U.S. Department of Energy was conducted from 1975 to 1984 and collected either stream sediments, lake sediments, or soils at more than 378,000 sites in both the conterminous U.S. and Alaska. The sampled area represented about 65% of the nation. The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), from 1978 to 1982, collected samples from multiple soil horizons at sites within the major crop-growing regions of the conterminous U.S. This data set contains analyses of more than 3000 samples. The National Geochemical Survey, a USGS project conducted from 1997 to 2009, used a subset of the NURE-HSSR archival samples as its starting point and then collected primarily stream sediments, with occasional soils, in the parts of the U.S. not covered by the NURE-HSSR Program. This data set contains chemical analyses for more than 70,000 samples. The USGS, in collaboration with the Mexican Geological Survey and the Geological Survey of Canada, initiated soil sampling for the North American Soil Geochemical Landscapes Project in 2007. Sampling of three horizons or depths at more than 4800 sites in the U.S. was completed in 2010, and chemical analyses are currently ongoing. The NRCS initiated a project in the 1990s to analyze the various soil horizons from selected pedons throughout the U.S. This data set currently contains data from more than 1400 sites. This paper (1) discusses each data set in terms of its purpose, sample collection protocols, and analytical methods; and (2) evaluates each data set in terms of its appropriateness as a national-scale geochemical database and its usefulness for national-scale geochemical mapping. 相似文献
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R. D. JACOBI 《《地质学报》英文版》2002,76(1):89-99
Semivariogram is applied to fracture data obtained from detailed scanline surveys of nine field sites in western New York, USA in order to investigate the spatial patterns of natural fractures. The length of the scanline is up to 36 m. How both fracture spacing and fracture length vary with distance is determined through semivariogram calculations. In this study, the authors developed a FORTRAN program to resample the fracture data from the scanline survey. By calculating experimental semivariogram, the authors found five different types of spatial patterns that can be described by linear, spherical, reversed spherical, polynomial I (for a<0) and polynomial II (for a>0) models, of which the last three are newly proposed in this study. The well-structured semivariograms of fracture spacing and length indicate that both the location of the fractures and the length distribution within their structure domains are not random. The results of this study also suggest that semivariograms can provide useful infor 相似文献
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美国干热岩"地热能前沿瞭望台研究计划"与中美典型EGS场地勘查现状对比 总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1
美国能源部正在实施干热岩“地热能前沿瞭望台研究计划”(FORGE计划)。它是以经典干热岩定义的干热岩勘查开发为约束,通过增强型地热系统(EGS)示范工程建设实践,形成新一代EGS试验平台。美国本着“可复制的结果=巨大的潜力”的理念,实现干热岩勘查开发技术新突破,以满足美国1亿家庭绿色电力供应为实际应用目标。中美典型EGS场地勘查现状对比结果表明：犹他州米尔福德与青海省共和县恰卜恰两个典型EGS场地具可比性,大致处于“并跑”的水平;在天然裂隙系统、原位地应力场、压裂参数获取与压裂方案制定等方面,米尔福德EGS场地有所超前。据此建议有关部门加快青海省共和县恰卜恰EGS场地进入勘查开发阶段,以提高我国干热岩勘查开发技术水平,早日实现EGS工程化。 相似文献
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Fractal and Multifractal Properties of the Spatial Distribution of Natural Fractures--Analyses and Applications 总被引：3，自引：0，他引：3
The Cantor's dust theory is applied to investigate the scaling properites of the spatial distribution of natural fractures obtained from detailed scanline surveys of 27 field sites in the Appalachian Plateau of western New York, USA. The results obtained in this study indicate: 1) fracture spacing is characterized by fractal and multifractal properties. On small scales analyses yield an average fractal dimension of 0.15, which suggests a very high degree of clustering. In contrast, on large scales, fractures tend to be more regular and evenly distributed with an average fracture dimension of 0.52; 2) fractal dimension varies with different sets in different orientations, which can be attributed to interactions between pre-existing fractures and younger ones, as well as variations of the intensity of the stresses under which the fractures were formed; 3) a time sequence of fracture set formation can be proposed based on fractal and multifractal analyses, which consists of (from old to young): N-S, NW, ENE, and NE-striking sets. This time sequence is confirmed by the study of the abutting relationships of different fracture sets observed in the field. 相似文献
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XU Jiandong QU Guosheng Institute of Geology China Seismological Bureau Beijing PRCand Robert D. JACOBI Department of Geology State University of New York at Buffalo USA 《《地质学报》英文版》1999,73(4)
The Cantor's dust theory is applied to investigate the scaling properties of the spatial distribution of natural fractures obtained from detailed scanline surveys of 27 field sites in the Appalachian Plateau of western New York, USA. The results obtained in this study indicate: 1) fracture spacing is characterized by fractal and multifractal properties. On small scales analyses yield an average fractal dimension of 0.15, which suggests a very high degree of clustering. In contrast, on large scales, fractures tend to be more regular and evenly distributed with an average fracture dimension of 0.52; 2) fractal dimension varies with different sets in different orientations, which can be attributed to interactions between pre-existing fractures and younger ones, as well as variations of the intensity of the stresses under which the fractures were formed; 3) a time sequence of fracture set formation can be proposed based on fractal and multifractal analyses, which consists of (from old to young): N-S, NW, EN 相似文献
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Lack of runoff control is probably the most important potential source of problems in the operation of solid, low-level radioactive
waste disposal areas. Solid waste disposal area (SWDA) 4 at Oak Ridge National Laboratory is an example of the combined effects
of hydrologic factors and burial ground operations on radionuclide transport. Results from a study of90Sr transport at SWDA 4 show that both surface water and groundwater flows are important runoff control considerations and
may vary in relative importance over an extended period of time. For the area studied, it is currently estimated that at least
80% of the90Sr transport is directly related to surface runoff. Therefore, it is concluded that the key to remedial action at SWDA 4 is
to control surface runoff.
Research supported by the Office of Waste Operations and Technology, U.S. Department of Energy, under contract W-7405-eng-26
with Union Carbide Corporation.
Publication No. 1905, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL. 相似文献
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岩石质量指标(RQD)是评价岩体破碎程度的一个重要参数,但在RQD的应用过程中往往忽略测线长度和测线方向的影响,给岩体质量的评价造成一定的误差。笔者通过从野外岩石露头这个二维平面上得到的RQD或节理参数,推导得到在三维空间中任意方向测线的RQD,进而研究RQD随测线方向的变化规律。结果表明,RQD不但在平面上具有各向异性,在空间也具有各向异性。笔者提出了假定测线起于节理的N-A RQD计算模型,使理论论证更加严密。此外,利用蒙特卡罗模拟产生随机值代表节理间距,随机值服从负指数分布的参数不同代表节理发育的密集程度不同,通过T-T、N-A、A-A和A-A-S 4种RQD计算模型来研究RQD均值及标准差随测线长度的变化规律,可以得出：测线越长,所得RQD值越精确;测线较短时,A-A-S模型所得的RQD值与其他3种模型相比更精确;布置较长的测线在节理较发育的地方可获得更可信的RQD值。 相似文献