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Quantitative Measurements of Fracture Aperture and Directional Roughness from Rock Cores

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  2. New technological developments in the latest version of the system allow it to acquire data regardless of ambient lighting conditions.

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This work has been supported by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada in the form of Discovery Grant No. 341275 and RTI Grant No. 345516 held by G. Grasselli and by an OGSST Graduate Scholarship held by B.S.A. Tatone.

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Tatone, B.S.A., Grasselli, G. Quantitative Measurements of Fracture Aperture and Directional Roughness from Rock Cores. Rock Mech Rock Eng 45, 619–629 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00603-011-0219-5

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Keywords

  • Fracture roughness
  • Fracture aperture
  • 3D scanning
  • Rock mass characterization
  • Core logging