56415eed-9f70-8dc9-e063-3050940a8e8b English nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset British Geological Survey +44 115 936 3100 Environmental Science Centre,Keyworth NOTTINGHAM NOTTINGHAMSHIRE NG12 5GG United Kingdom enquiries@bgs.ac.uk pointOfContact 2026-08-25 UK GEMINI 2.3 http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608742 Python Scripts to format fracture patterns for Discrete Fracture Network modelling software 2026-07-07 creation http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608742 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) David Healy University of Leeds not available originator Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available pointOfContact notApplicable https://resources.bgs.ac.uk/images/geonetworkThumbs/56415eed-9f70-8dc9-e063-3050940a8e8b.png Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Fluid flow Fractured rock BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences 2022 revision NGDC Deposited Data dataCentre NERC_DDC otherRestrictions licenceOGL Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" otherRestrictions The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused. Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]" English geoscientificInformation 2023-09-03 2025-08-28 Python Script (.py) Python 3 Enquiries British Geological Survey United Kingdom not available distributor https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item192670 WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download Data download https://doi.org/10.5285/1f5078be-225c-42b8-91fe-b961da1dd37d WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 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 information nonGeographicDataset non geographic dataset INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology 2011 publication See the referenced specification false Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF false The Python scripts were written using Python 3 to convert fracture pattern data produced in FracPaQ into formats compatible with Discrete Fracture Network modelling software (dfnWorks). FracPaQ provided the geological fracture pattern data, which the script restructured and exported for dfnWorks fluid flow modelling.