Stress orientations in Brazilian sedimentary basins from breakout analysis: Implications for force models in the South American plate

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-124

  Lima, Cláudio ^a   Nascimento, Edes ^b   Assumpção, Marcelo ^c  

^a PETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Borehole breakout; South America; Stress distribution

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; INTRAPLATE AREA; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE; STRESS DISTRIBUTION;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0031435592     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1997.tb00991.x     Document Type: Article

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