Relationships between pore pressure and stress in different tectonic settings

AAPG Memoir

Volumn , Issue 76, 2004, Pages 79-88

  Yassir, Najwa ^a,b   Addis, M Anthony ^b,c  

^a CSIRO Petroleum ^*

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIELD METHOD; OVERPRESSURE; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENT; STRESS; TECTONIC SETTING;

EID: 33845618997     PISSN: 02718529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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