Maximum horizontal stress orientations in the Cooper Basin, Australia: Implications for plate-scale tectonics and local stress sources

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 332-344

  Reynolds, Scott D ^a   Mildren, Scott D ^a,b   Hillis, Richard R ^a   Meyer, Jeremy J ^b   Flottmann, Thomas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b JRS Petroleum Research Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Santos Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cooper Basin; Plate tectonics; Stress orientation

Indexed keywords

IN SITU STRESS; PLATE TECTONICS; STRESS FIELD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; COOPER BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13344275135     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02461.x     Document Type: Article

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