Classification of drilling-induced fractures and their relationship to in-situ stress directions

Log Analyst

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 27-40

  Aadnøy, Bernt S ^a   Bell, J Sebastian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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