Multiscale spatial analysis of fracture arrangement and pattern reconstruction using Ripley's K-function
This work presents novel multiscale spatial data analytics using Ripley's K-function, as a measure of spatial interaction, to study one-dimensional arrangement of fractures. Fracture spatial arrangements are classified into clustered, anticlustered, or indistinguishable from random by testing statistical significance of the calculated Ripley's K-function. Characterizations of fracture arrangements are performed as a function of length scale and position. Analysis of the K-function along the study interval identifies where fracture clustering and anticlustering occur. Here, a simulation technique is also introduced here to statistically reconstruct spatial arrangements and to generate fracture realizations that are spatially similar to the fractures observed in the field. With this simulation technique, one can also fill spatial gaps in fracture measurements where data are absent, unreliable, or unused. Synthetic as well as field-measured 1D fracture datasets are used for testing and demonstration. Methods introduced in this work can be readily applied to fracture datasets observed in outcrops, borehole image logs, and cores.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States). Bureau of Economic Geology
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-03ER15430; SC0022968
- OSTI ID:
- 1908968
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Structural Geology, Journal Name: Journal of Structural Geology Vol. 155; ISSN 0191-8141
- Publisher:
- ElsevierCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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