Stress orientation and tectonic regime in the northwestern Valencia Trough from borehole data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 63-77

  Schindler, Axel ^a   Jurado, María José ^a   Müller, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Borehole breakout; Stress; Tectonic regime; Tectonic regime estimate; Valencia Trough

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; IN SITU STRESS; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TECTONICS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 0032585459     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00234-0     Document Type: Article

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