Rock fracture mean trace length estimation and confidence interval calculation using maximum likelihood methods

Comparison of rock discontinuity mean tr

Comparison of rock discontinuity mean trace length and density estimation methods using discontinuity data from an outcrop in Wenchuan area, China

✍ Qiong Wu; P.H.S.W. Kulatilake; Hui-ming Tang 📂 Article 📅 2011 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 970 KB

The equations that exist in the literature to estimate corrected mean trace length and corrected twodimensional density of a rock discontinuity set using area sampling technique are critically reviewed. The discontinuity traces appearing in an outcrop in Yingxiu area in China are used along with rec