Python Scripts to format fracture patterns for Discrete Fracture Network modelling software
type: Dataset
description: This dataset contains Python scripts used to reformat geological fracture pattern data derived from FracPaQ to make it readable for open-source Discrete Fracture Network modelling software (dfnWorks). FracPaQ is a widely used open-source tool for the analysis of geological fracture patterns but does not include modelling of fracture-hosted fluid flow in 3D. dfnWorks is an open-source tool to do just this, and this code helps to export fracture pattern data from FracPaQ directly into dfnWorks for fluid flow modelling. The script has been written by the principal investigator at Leeds for a short NERC Global Partnership Seedcorn project, joint with Manchester and Università della Basilicata (Potenza, Italy)
issued: 2026-08-06T20:35:46.817119
modified: 2026-08-13T21:36:27.006160
keyword: Fluid flow
keyword: Fractured rock
keyword: NERC_DDC

Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
type: Distribution
description: Healy, D. (2026). Python Scripts to format fracture patterns for Discrete Fracture Network modelling software. NERC EDS National Geoscience Data Centre. (Dataset). https://doi.org/10.5285/1f5078be-225c-42b8-91fe-b961da1dd37d
issued: 2026-08-13T21:36:27.042993
modified: 2026-08-13T21:36:27.017301
access URL: https://doi.org/10.5285/1f5078be-225c-42b8-91fe-b961da1dd37d

Data
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description: Resource locator
issued: 2026-08-13T21:36:27.042992
modified: 2026-08-13T21:36:27.017225
access URL: https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item192670

British Geological Survey (BGS)
type: Organization