In-situ stress state in the main borehole of the Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling

Diqiu Kexue - Zhongguo Dizhi Daxue Xuebao/Earth Science - Journal of China University of Geosciences

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-512

  Wang, Lian Jie ^a   Cui, Jun Wen ^b   Zhang, Xiao Wei ^b   Tang, Zhe Min ^b   Li, Peng Wu ^b   Li, Shuang Lin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c SINOPEC   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic emission measurement; Borehole breakout; Chinese Continental Scientific Drilling; Rock stress measurememt

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DEFORMATION; DRILLING; EARTHQUAKES; FRICTION; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ROCKS; STRESSES;

ACOUSTIC EMISSION MEASUREMENT; BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; CHINESE CONTINENTAL SCIENTIFIC DRILLING; MAIN HOLE; ROCK STRESS MEASUREMEMT;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 33748928648     PISSN: 10002383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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