Inferring the relative measure of principal stress components

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages

  Xu, Peiliang ^a   Shimada, S ^a  

^a 3 1 Tennodai   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030698287     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1997.tb00982.x     Document Type: Article

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