True triaxial strength of the KTB amphibolite under borehole wall conditions and its use to estimate the maximum horizontal in situ stress

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Haimson, Bezalel C ^a   Chang, Chandong ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; DEEP DRILLING; IN SITU STRESS; KTB BOREHOLE; STRENGTH; STRESS MEASUREMENT; TRIAXIAL TEST;

BAVARIA; GERMANY;

EID: 0037058173     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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