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Hydraulic significance of fracture correlated lineaments in precambrian rocks in Purulia district, West Bengal

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Filter analysis of lineaments in Precambrian metamorphic rocks was used to delineate fracture-correlated lineaments and hydraulically significant fractures. The unfiltered analysis technique fails to show correlation between major lineaments and fractures. Domain-based and discrete filtering techniques successfully identify fracture-correlated lineaments within the brittle-ductile shear zone in conjunction with fractures characterized by high fracture frequencies (>10/m). The locales of hydraulically significant fractures can thus be assessed if the geological controls governing the spatial distribution of fracture frequencies are computed using structural domain approach. The concurrence of fracture-correlated lineaments and hydraulically significant fractures within the brittle-ductile shear zone is evident.

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    Tapas Acharya

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    Sisir Kanti Nag & Sukumar Basumallik

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Acharya, T., Nag, S.K. & Basumallik, S. Hydraulic significance of fracture correlated lineaments in precambrian rocks in Purulia district, West Bengal. J Geol Soc India 80, 723–730 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-012-0198-5

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