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Fracture Aperture

Fracture Aperture is the mean perpendicular distance between the opposing surfaces of a fracture, serving as a critical geometric parameter that distinguishes individual fractures within the broader category of fracture attributes by quantifying the openness of a fracture and directly influencing fluid flow capacity and fracture conductivity in natural fracture networks.

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Validity of Cubic Law for fluid flow in a deformable rock fracture

P.A. Witherspoon, J. S. Y. Wang, K. Iwai et al. · Water Resources Research · 1980 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Anisotropie Permeability of Fractured Media

David Snow · Water Resources Research · 1969 · 871 citations

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Model study of the influence of matrix shrinkage on absolute permeability of coal bed reservoirs

J.R. Levine · Geological Society London Special Publications · 1996 · 466 citations

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Fluid flow in synthetic rough‐walled fractures: Navier‐Stokes, Stokes, and local cubic law simulations

David J. Brush, Neil R. Thomson · Water Resources Research · 2003 · 458 citations

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Natural fracture characterization in tight gas sandstones: Integrating mechanics and diagenesis

Jon E. Olson, Stephen E. Laubach, Robert H. Lander · AAPG Bulletin · 2009 · 424 citations

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    Harihar Rajaram

    University of Colorado Boulder, United States

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    Robert J. Glass

    Sandia National Laboratories, United States

    13 publications · 925 citations

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  3. RL
    R. L. Detwiler

    University of California, Irvine, United States

    12 publications · 1K citations

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    Yujing Jiang

    Nagasaki University, Japan

    10 publications · 368 citations

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  5. RL
    Richeng Liu

    China University of Mining and Technology, China

    9 publications · 289 citations

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  1. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    16 h-index

    47 publications

    5K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    39 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

    Berkeley, United States

    14 h-index

    35 publications

    12.7K citations

  4. Sandia National Laboratories

    Albuquerque, United States

    14 h-index

    26 publications

    1.8K citations

  5. China University of Mining and Technology

    Xuzhou, China

    14 h-index

    45 publications

    1K citations

  6. China University of Petroleum, East China

    Qingdao, China

    14 h-index

    60 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. University of Colorado Boulder

    Boulder, United States

    12 h-index

    16 publications

    721 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    12 h-index

    26 publications

    1.1K citations

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  1. Water Resources Research

    64 publications · 9.5K citations

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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  3. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 20 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. Geophysics

    14 publications · 799 citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

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