I have noticed that often bedding planes are not included in discrete fracture network (DFN) for carbonate rocks. Personally I believe that bedding can be an important anisotropy for fluid flow, and theoretically should be added together with the different fracture sets in a DFN. What's the general opinion in the DFN modeling world?
Dr. Alessandro Verdecchia
Try this link if you don't read it before, please:
Dershowitz, W.S., and P.R. La Pointe. "Discrete Fracture Network Modeling For Carbonate Rock." Paper presented at the 1st Canada - U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium, Vancouver, Canada, May 2007
https://onepetro.org/ARMACUSRMS/proceedings-abstract/ARMA07/All-ARMA07/ARMA-07-020/116162?redirectedFrom=PDF
In the past, I observed papers using fracture network (DFN) models of anisotropic models (mainly for shales), but for carbonates, I did not see any, even in the Orinoco Basin which is totally covered by carbonates.
Best Regards.
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