Geometry of Single Fractures and Fracture Networks

Journal Publications and Conference Proceedings:

Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Natural Fractures in Low Permeability Rock,
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Myer, L.R., Cook, N.G.W., and P.A. Witherspoon, 1987, Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Rock Mechanics, eds. G. Herget & S. Vongpaisal, Montreal, Canada, August 1987, Pubs. A.A. Balkema (Rotterdam), pp.225-231.

Stratified Continuum Percolation:  Scaling Geometry of Hierarchical Cascades,
Nolte, D.D. and L.J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1991, Physical Review A   vol. 44, pp6320-6333.

Fractures:  Multifractals & Finite-Size Scaling,
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., Myer, L.R., and D.D. Nolte, 1992, Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 138, no. 4, p679-706.

Immiscible Fluid Flow in a Fracture,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Helgeson, D. and G. M. Haley, Rock Mechanics, Proceedings of the 33rd U.S. Symposium, eds. Tillerson & Wawersik, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 3-5 June, 1992, 571-578, 1992

Mercury Porosimetry Studies on a Natural Fracture
Myer, L. R., Cook-Polek, A. M., Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. and C. Marone, Proceedings of the Fourth Annual International Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 26-30, 1993, ASCE & ANS, 2017-2022, 1993.

Effective Cleat Porosity & Cleat Geometry from Wood's Metal Porosimetry
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Haley, G. M. and B. W. Gash, Proceedings of the 1993 International Coalbed Methane Sympoium, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, May 17-21, 1993, 639-647, 1993.

The Effect of the Critical Path on Fluid Flow through a Fracture,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J. & C. D. Montemagno, Proceedings of the 1st North American Rock Mechanics Symposium, The University of Texas at Austin, 1-3 June 1994, editors, P. P. Nelson and S. E. Laubach, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 81-88, 1994.

Hierarchical Cascades and the Single Fracture,
Pyrak-Nolte, L.J., D. D. Nolte and N.G.W. Cook,
in "Fractals in Geology", C. Barton and P. LaPointe, eds. (Plenum Scientific Publishers, 1995)

Porosity of Fracture Networks,
Montemagno, C. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1995, Geophysical Research Letters,.v 22 n 11, p1397-1401

Volumetric Imaging and Characterization of Natural Fracture Networks,
Montemagno, C. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock - MJFR-2, Vienna, Austria, 10-14 April 1995, Mechanics of Jointed and Faulted Rock, ed. H.-P. Rossmanith, A. A. Balkema, Rotterdam, 109-112, 1995.

Three-dimensional tomographic visualization of natural fracture networks and graph theory analysis of the transport porperties
(Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Montemagno, C. D., Yang, G., Cook, N.G.W. and L. R. Myer, Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Rock Mechanics, Tokyo, Japan, 855-859.

The Seismic Response of Fractures and the Interrelationships Among Fracture Properties
(Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., International Journal of Rock Mechanics Mining Science & Geomechanics Abstracts,  v 33, n. 8, p785-802, 1996.)

Volumetric imaging of aperture distributions in connected fracture networks,
Pyrak-Nolte, L. J., Montemagno, C. D. and D. D. Nolte, 1997, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 24, no. 18, p2343-2346.

Coexisting two-phase flow in correlated two-dimensional percolation,
Nolte, D. D. and L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, 1997, Physical Review E, vol 56, no. 5, p5009-5012.