Contemporary stress orientations in the Andean retroarc between 34°S and 39°S from borehole breakout analysis

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Guzmán, Cecilia ^a   Cristallini, E ^a,b   Bottesi, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c REPSOL YPF   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREHOLE BREAKOUT; DRILLING; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRESS FIELD; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TOPOGRAPHY; WELL LOGGING;

ARGENTINA; COLORADO RIVER [NORTH AMERICA]; NEUQUEN BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34548390632     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC001958     Document Type: Article

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