Crustal Stress in the northern North Sea as inferred from borehole breakouts and earthquake focal mechanisms

Terra Nova

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 51-59

  Lindholm, C D ^a   Bungum, H ^a   Bratli, R K ^b   Aadnoy B S ^c   Dahl, N ^b   Torudbakken B ^b   Atakan, K ^d  

^a NORSAR   (Norway)

^b Saga Petroleum   (Norway)

^c Høyskolesenteret i Rogaland ^*  (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKES; FOCAL MECHANISM; STRESS; STRESS GEOMETRY;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0028826761     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1995.tb00667.x     Document Type: Article

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