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FRACTURE POROSITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

Porosity formed by fracturing.

CONT

Fracture porosity generally is used for porosity occurring along breaks in a sediment or rock body where there has been little mutual displacement of the opposing blocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Porosité due à l'existence de fissures et diaclases ouvertes dues à la rupture ou l'éclatement d'une roche par ailleurs moins perméable.

CONT

La porosité de fissures d'un volume de roches, qu'il faut toujours choisir plus ou moins important, dépendra évidemment de la densité des fissures et de leur degré d'ouverture.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
DEF

Porosidad que resulta de la presencia de aperturas producidas por la rotura o fracturación de una roca que de lo contrario sería menos permeable.

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