In situ stress determination from breakouts in the Tornquist Fan, Denmark

Terra Nova

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 575-584

  Ask, Maria V S ^a   Müller, Birgit ^b   Stephansson, Ove ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; IN SITU STRESS; LITHOLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRESS; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

DENMARK, TORNQUIST FAN;

EID: 0030414005     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.1996.tb00787.x     Document Type: Article

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