Faulting, fracturing and in situ stress prediction in the Ahnet Basin, Algeria - A finite element approach

Tectonophysics

Volumn 320, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 311-329

  Beekman, Fred ^a   Badsi, Madjid ^b   Van Wees, Jan Diederik ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Ahnet basin; Fracture modelling; Hydrocarbon reservoir; Stress prediction

Indexed keywords

FAULTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE MECHANICS; IN SITU STRESS;

ALGERIA;

EID: 0033742275     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(00)00037-8     Document Type: Article

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