Switches in the minimum compressive stress direction induced by overpressure beneath a low-permeability fault zone

Terra Nova

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-231

  Collettini, C ^a   De Paola, N ^a   Goulty, N R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT ZONE; NORMAL FAULT; OVERPRESSURE; STRESS FIELD;

EID: 33744829538     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2006.00683.x     Document Type: Article

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