A Novel Continuous Fracture Network Model: Formation Mechanism, Numerical Simulation, and Field Application

Table 1

Comparison of different continuous fracture network models.

Reference	Time	Base	Innovation
Olson [25]	2008	Original	Continuous fracture network model
Xu et al. [26, 27]	2009	CFN	Semianalytical solution model
Meyer et al. [28]	2011	CFN	Relatively complete model and software
Nejadi et al. [31]	2017	DFN	History matching and uncertainty quantification
Yao et al. [32]	2020	DFN	Role of natural fracture characteristics
Hyman and Dentz [33]	2021	DFN	Transport upscaling under flow heterogeneity and matrix-diffusion