Analysis of overcoring rock stress data in the Äspö region

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1401-1405

  Ask, D ^a   Stephansson, O ^a   Cornet, F H ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; ROCK MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HORIZONTAL STRESS; HYDRAULIC STRESS; INVERSION METHODS; LEAST SQUARES CRITERION; OVER CORING; ROCK STRESS DATA; VERTICAL DOWN;

ROCKS;

EID: 0142157816     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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