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Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1351-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1351-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 16, issue 11
Research article
 | 
12 Nov 2025
Research article |  | 12 Nov 2025

An integrated workflow for parametrization of fracture network geometry in digital outcrop models

Stefano Casiraghi, Gabriele Benedetti, Daniela Bertacchi, Silvia Mittempergher, Federico Agliardi, Bruno Monopoli, Fabio La Valle, Mattia Martinelli, Francesco Bigoni, Cristian Albertini, and Andrea Bistacchi

Data sets

Pontrelli quarry dataset Stefano Casiraghi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17483588

Model code and software

gecos-lab/FracAbility Gabriele Benedetti https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14893964

FracAspect Stefano Casiraghi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17492257

FracElementary Stefano Casiraghi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17492055

gecos-lab/DomStudioOrientation Andrea Bistacchi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17486587

FracAttitude Andrea Bistacchi https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17492139

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Short summary
Traditional methods for investigating the subsurface cannot properly investigate fractures between 1m and 100–200m. Digital outcrop models (DOMs) provide a framework for the collection of extensive datasets in outcrop analogues. Here we present a workflow, with a solid statistical foundation, to collect a suite of statistical parameters to be used as input in current stochastic 3D Discrete Fracture Network models, including best practices for an optimal outcrop selection and data acquisition.
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