Topographic stress perturbations in southern Davis Mountains, west Texas 1. Polarity reversal of principal stresses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2002, Pages

  Savage, William Z ^a   Morin, Roger H ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakouts; Regional stress; Stress perturbations; Topography; West Texas

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; PERTURBATION; STRESS CHANGE; STRESS FIELD; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

DAVIS MOUNTAINS; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038325759     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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