µCT data of two drill cores of fractured crystalline rock (Grimsel)

Two crystalline rock drill cores from the Grimsel site were scanned with a Nikon XT H 225 - scanner. The samples were prepared (formatted and cast in epoxy) by UJV Rez, Czech Republic. The CT-data were acquired and processed at HZDR-FWOT.

Sample 1 (GAM_UJV_1C_1) contains a complex system of interconnected fractures.
Sample 2 (GAM_UJV_1C_2) contains one single end-to-end fracture with larger aperture.

Size of both samples: Diameter 80 mm, length 165 mm.

Two tomograms were acquired for both samples:
1) Complete drill core as one scan, voxel size ca. 75 µm.
2) HR-tomogram merged from three sections with maximum resolution, voxel size ca. 40 µm.

The tomograms were stored as 3D-raw files. Data format, acquisition parameters, and processing workflow, are documented in the tomogram header files (nrrd-format (text):  see https://teem.sourceforge.net/nrrd/format.html).
This data format is importable into open-source visualization programs as 3D slicer (https://www.slicer.org) or Paraview (https://www.paraview.org). The data processing has been conducted with Avizo (https://www.thermofisher.com/de/de/home/electron-microscopy/products/software-em-3d-vis/avizo-software.html).

Files:
Sample 1
GAM_UJV_1C_1_complet-2_01_NLM: Graylevel image of complete sample, ring artifact removal, non-local-means filter
GAM_UJV_1C_1_complet-2_01_thresholded: Tentative label image of complete sample, threshold segmentation with manual edit
Merged-GAM_UJV_1C_1_HR.Frac_section: Graylevel image of merged fracture section, unfiltered
Merged-GAM_UJV_1C_1_HR.Frac_section.Threshold: Tentative label image of merged fracture section, adaptive threshold segmentation with manual edit
GAM_UJV_1C_1_complet_2.png: Figure of complete sample 
GAM_UJV_1C_1_HR_Frac_Y2.png: Figure of merged high-resolution tomogram

Sample 2
GAM_UJV_1C_2_complet_01.filtered: Graylevel image of complete sample, ring artifact removal, non-local-means filter
GAM_UJV_1C_2_complet_01.filtered.thresholded: Tentative label image of complete sample,  threshold segmentation with manual edit
Merged-GAM_UJV_1C_2_A_01.Frac_section.filtered: Graylevel image of merged fracture section, ring artifact removal, non-local-means filter
Merged-GAM_UJV_1C_2_A_01.Frac_section.filtered.segm: Tentative label image of merged fracture section, threshold segmentation with manual edit
GAM_UJV_1C_2_complett_2.png: Figure of complete sample
GAM_UJV_1C_2_HR_Frac_Y2.png: Figure of merged high-resolution tomogram

Original acquistion data are stored on the HZDR bulk data storage system and available for reprocessing on request.

Financial support was granted from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 847593 (EURAD, WP FUTURE, task 2.2).