Filling in the Cracks: Scientists Improve Predictions for the Dissolution of Minerals in Rock Fractures (IMAGE)

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Filling in the Cracks: Scientists Improve Predictions for the Dissolution of Minerals in Rock Fractures

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This image shows the variation in permeability in a network of fractures due to quartz dissolving in the fractures. Each plane represents an individual fracture in the network.

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Image courtesy of Jeffrey Hyman, Los Alamos National Laboratory

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