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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-35-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-35-2024
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Introducing standardized field methods for fracture-focused surface process research
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Alex Rinehart
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801, USA
Jennifer Aldred
Achieving in Research, Math, and Science Center, New Mexico Highlands University, Las Vegas, NM 87701, USA
Samantha Berberich
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Maxwell P. Dahlquist
Department of Geology, University of the South, Sewanee, TN 37383, USA
Sarah G. Evans
Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28608, USA
Russell Keanini
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Stephen E. Laubach
Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78714, USA
Faye Moser
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Mehdi Morovati
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Steven Porson
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Monica Rasmussen
Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
Uri Shaanan
Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem 9692100, Israel
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9 citations as recorded by crossref.
- Experimental investigation of micro fracture characteristics and the influence of water drive in shallow tight sandstone reservoirs Y. Wang et al.
- Diagenesis is key to unlocking outcrop fracture data suitable for quantitative extrapolation to geothermal targets S. Elliott et al.
- Geochemical study on nitrogen isotope composition, speciation distribution, and influencing factors of vitrinite-rich coal seams during the Late Carboniferous D. Wu et al.
- New experiments to probe the role of fractures in bedrock on river erosion rate and processes M. Fournereau et al.
- Expanding the Late Quaternary morphochronology of Atacama's coastal alluvial fans by Schmidt hammer exposure dating reveals spatially distinct genesis J. Walk
- Unbiased statistical length analysis of linear features: adapting survival analysis to geological applications G. Benedetti et al.
- Lenticular-shaped boulders of South Mountains, central Arizona, USA R. Clements et al.
- An integrated workflow for parametrization of fracture network geometry in digital outcrop models S. Casiraghi et al.
- Fracture length data for geothermal applications S. Forstner et al.
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Short summary
All rocks have fractures (cracks) that can influence virtually every process acting on Earth's surface where humans live. Yet, scientists have not standardized their methods for collecting fracture data. Here we draw on past work across geo-disciplines and propose a list of baseline data for fracture-focused surface process research. We detail the rationale and methods for collecting them. We hope their wide adoption will improve future methods and knowledge of rock fracture overall.
All rocks have fractures (cracks) that can influence virtually every process acting on Earth's...