The relationship between regional stress field, fracture orientation and depth of weathering and implications for groundwater prospecting in crystalline rocks

Hydrogeology Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1231-1238

  Owen, Richard ^a   Maziti, Abel ^a   Dahlin, Torleif ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depth of weathering; Fractured rocks; Groundwater exploration; Stress field; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CRYSTALLINE ROCK; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; FRACTURE ZONE; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; REGOLITH; STRESS FIELD; WEATHERING;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 36448983623     PISSN: 14312174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10040-007-0224-7     Document Type: Article

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