Global dataset of effective fracture porosity and fracture density estimated from crystalline rock permeability, as a function of depth

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This dataset compiles measurements of permeability in crystalline rocks from two papers (Achtziger-Zupančič et al., 2017; Kuang & Jiao, 2014), providing a comprehensive database with 27,966 datapoints that covers different geological settings. We estimate effective fracture porosity and fracture density using permeability, aperture, and a roughness factor. The dataset is designed to support analyses of the relationship between hydraulic and petrophysical properties and depth, as well as the statistical distribution of these properties in low-permeability crystalline environments. Particular emphasis is placed on the strong variability and skewness of porosity and permeability values observed across datasets.

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DOI https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.996053
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014106
Related Identifier References https://doi.org/10.1002/2014GL061999
Metadata Access https://ws.pangaea.de/oai/provider?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=datacite4&identifier=oai:pangaea.de:doi:10.1594/PANGAEA.996053
Provenance
Creator van den Berg, Josse Maria; Luijendijk, Elco ORCID logo
Publisher PANGAEA
Publication Year 2026
Rights Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Representation
Resource Type Dataset
Format text/tab-separated-values
Size 222852 data points
Discipline Earth System Research
Spatial Coverage (-123.540W, -45.490S, 169.670E, 68.020N); Androscoggin, Maine, U.S.A., North America