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23 Dec 2020
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On a new robust workflow for the statistical and spatial analysis of fracture data collected with scanlines (or the importance of stationarity)
Andrea Bistacchi
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
Silvia Mittempergher
Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Geologiche, Università degli
Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via G. Campi 106, 41125 Modena, Italy
Mattia Martinelli
Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra, Università
degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Piazza della Scienza, 4, 20126 Milan, Italy
Fabrizio Storti
NEXT – Natural and Experimental Tectonics Research Group, Dipartimento
di Scienze Chimiche, della Vita e della Sostenibilità Ambientale,
Università degli Studi di Parma, Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43124
Parma, Italy
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Short summary
We present an innovative workflow for the statistical analysis of fracture data collected along scanlines. Our methodology is based on performing non-parametric statistical tests, which allow detection of important features of the spatial distribution of fractures, and on the analysis of the cumulative spacing function (CSF) and cumulative spacing derivative (CSD), which allows the boundaries of stationary domains to be defined in an objective way.
We present an innovative workflow for the statistical analysis of fracture data collected along...
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