Rheological characterization of a sedimentary formation from a stress profile inversion

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 402-418

  Gunzburger, Y ^a,b   Cornet, F H ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b ANDRA   (France)

Author keywords

Inverse problem; Rheology; Scale effect; Sedimentary basin; Stress distribution; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; LIMESTONE; POISSON RATIO; RHEOLOGY; SCALE EFFECT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS FIELD; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PARIS BASIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845985307     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03140.x     Document Type: Article

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