Stress measurements at the site of the SM3 hydroelectric scheme near Sept Iles, Quebec

International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Geomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 487-497

  Haimson, Bezalel C ^a   Lee, Moo Y ^b   Feknous, Nadia ^c   De Courval, Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; FRACTURE; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; STRESSES;

ANORTHOSITE; JOINTING; LITHOSTATIC STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

ROCK MECHANICS;

HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; IN SITU STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

CANADA, QUEBEC, SEPT ILES;

EID: 0030184492     PISSN: 01489062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0148-9062(96)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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