1. GIS Application to Discrete Fracture Flow
By:
Donald T. Slottke
22 November, 2005

2. Topics Brief background on fracture flow
Sample description and preparation
GIS implementation
Further work

3. Topics Brief background on fracture flow
Friction factor in cubic law
Applicable roughness influence
Directionality of influence
Sample description and preparation
GIS implementation
Further work

4. Lomize Revision of the Cubic Law*
*as given in a class paper by Matt Uliana (1999)

5. A Modeled Fracture

6. Roughness Parallel to Slip vs Perpendicular
from Amitrano and Schmittbuhl 2002

7. Topics Brief background on fracture flow
Sample description and preparation
Santana Tuff
Sample CC02
CT image of fracture
GIS implementation
Further work

8. Closed Canyon

9. Imaged Surface

10. Closed Canyon Fracture

11. Topics Brief background on fracture flow
Sample description and preparation
GIS implementation
Pseudo DEM
Problems
Comparison of Terrain Processing to MODFLOW
Further work

12. Hillshade of CC02 Flattened

13. Flow direction calculated with imposed 10o slope from left to right

14. Adjoint Catchment with Drainage Lines

15. MODFLOW Head Distribution

16. Contour Burned Catchments

17. Cell by Cell Discharge Through Face of Overriding Flowpath

18. Flow Direction of Flattened Data

19. Topics Brief background on fracture flow
Sample description and preparation
GIS implementation
Further work
Registration of surfaces
Creation of GeoVolume using top and bottom surface
Linking MODFLOW model to GeoDatabase

20. Comments…