Elastic stress control on the pattern of tensile fracturing around a small fault network at Nash Point, UK

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1753-1770

  Bourne, Stephen J ^a   Willemse, Emanuel J M ^a  

^a SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Body force; Crack; Dislocation; Elastic; Fracture; Geomechamics; Outcrop; Stress; Tensile

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC STRESS CONTROL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; KINEMATICS; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRESS;

ROCKS;

ELASTICITY; FAULT; FRACTURE; GEOMECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035501742     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8141(01)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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