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Geomechanical and discrete fracture networks in Thomas et al. 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Dataset title Geomechanical and discrete fracture networks in Thomas et al. 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Dataset creators Robin Thomas, Imperial College London
Adriana Paluszny, Imperial College London
Dataset theme Geoscientific Information
Dataset abstract

Data supporting 'Effective permeability tensors of three-dimensional numerically grown geomechanical discrete fracture networks with evolving geometry and mechanical apertures', submitted to the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.

Authors:
Robin N Thomas (corresponding, robin.thomas11@imperial.ac.uk), Adriana Paluszny, Robert W Zimmerman.

Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College London.

Contents:

For each GDFN, the geometry at each growth step.

Additionally, for GDFN E, the data shown in the paper (aperture and flow distributions, figures 6 and 7) are provided, including the displacement for the mechanical case, and pressure distributions which were not shown in the manuscript.

For the two SDFN sets, the geometry of the four datasets shown in figures 4 and 5 are provided.

Notes:

  • The geometry files are provided in the .3dm format, Rhinocerous' native format (https://www.rhino3d.com/). A free trial of Rhinocerous can be used to explore the files, and can convert them to a range of other CAD file types.
  • VTK files can be viewed using free software such as Paraview (https://www.paraview.org/). These contain the meshes.
  • Fracture surface areas reported in the paper are derived from the mesh, rather than the geometry. The mesh approximates the geometry leading to a different surface area than those measured in the geometry (3dm) files.
  • The SDFN datasets are shown before trimming the parts of fractures which are outside the domain. These parts are trimmed when they are imported to ICGT.
Dataset content dates 01/10/2018 - 28/02/2019
Dataset spatial coverage Not Applicable
Dataset supply format .txt
.3dm
.vtk
Dataset language English-United Kingdom
Dataset discovery metadata record Discovery Link to the dataset's BGS Discovery Metadata record
Dataset publisher British Geological Survey
Dataset publication date 15th January 2020
Dataset digital object identifier(DOI) 10.5285/47593fbe-95da-48ac-a03f-773b7abe1d97
Dataset citation text Thomas, R., Paluszny, A. (2020): Geomechanical and discrete fracture networks in Thomas et al. 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. British Geological Survey. (Dataset). https://dx.doi.org/10.5285/47593fbe-95da-48ac-a03f-773b7abe1d97
Constraints and terms of use This data set is available under Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying any reproduced materials: "Contains data supplied by permission of the Natural Environment Research Council [YEAR]".
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