A simple closed form force balanced solution for pore pressure, overburden and the principal effective stresses in the Earth

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-319

  Holbrook, Phil ^a  

^a Force Balanced Petrophysics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE STRESS THEOREM; FORCE CONSERVATION LAW; NEWTONIAN GRAVITATIONAL BIAXIAL IDEALIZATION;

COMPRESSIBILITY; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERALOGY; PORE PRESSURE; STRAIN; STRESSES;

EARTH (PLANET);

HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; MINERALOGY; OVERBURDEN; OVERPRESSURE; POROSITY;

EID: 0033150960     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(98)00083-X     Document Type: Article

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