Natural fractures are widespread in shales in sedimentary basins and can significantly
increase the bulk permeability and enhance fluid flow, which are thereby considered to be a …

The permeability of shales is important, because it controls where oil and gas resources can
migrate to and where in the Earth hydrocarbons are ultimately stored. Shales have a well …

Recognition of the potential for subcritical fracture growth of rocks is essential for the
evaluation of long‐term stability of fluids trapped in geologic structures. In shales, subcritical …

A quantitative description of fracture surface morphology is crucial but cumbersome. Surface
morphology influences important rock joint behavior, such as shear strength, fluid flow …

This study aimed to investigate the crucial geometric distinctions of microfractures as the
indispensable transportation channels in hydrocarbon-rich shale so as to find the new …

Many natural fault surfaces exhibit remarkably similar scale‐dependent roughness, which
may reflect the scale‐dependent yield strength of rocks. Using atomic force microscopy …

This study aims to investigate the characteristics and the formation mechanism of the
heterogeneous microfractures in the upper Triassic Yanchang Formation tight oil reservoir of …

We present an experimental method to study time-dependent, CO 2-induced, local
topography changes in mm-sized composite samples, plus results showing heterogeneous …

Grid‐or pixel‐based models, used across various scientific disciplines from microscopic to
planetary scales, contain an unquantified error that bias our interpretation of the data. The …

Quantifying the hydraulic properties of single fractures is a fundamental requirement to
understand fluid flow in fractured reservoirs. For an ideal planar fracture, the effective flow is …