Orientation of crustal stresses in the North Sea and Barents Sea inferred from borehole breakouts

Tectonophysics

Volumn 266, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 25-32

  Golke M ^a   Brudy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barents Sea; Borehole breakouts; North Sea; Stress

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; COMPRESSION; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON FIELD; OCEANIC CRUST; STRESS;

BARENTS SEA; NORTH SEA;

EID: 0030404296     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(96)00181-3     Document Type: Article

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