Compression directions north of the San Fernando Valley determined from borehole breakouts

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3365-3368

  Kerkela, Stacy ^a,b   Stock, Joann M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; EARTHQUAKES; FAULTING; GEOPHYSICS; HORIZONTAL WELLS; LANDFORMS; BOREHOLES; DATA REDUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; STRESSES;

AFTERSHOCK ZONES; BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS; COMPRESSION DIRECTIONS; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKES; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY; THRUST FAULTS; VERTICAL OIL WELLS;

BOREHOLES; TECTONICS;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; LATERAL RAMPS; THRUST FAULT ZONES;

AFTERSHOCK; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; COMPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; OIL WELL; STRESS;

USA, CALIFORNIA, SAN FERNANDO VALLEY;

EID: 0030291998     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03054     Document Type: Article

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