Stress and fracture prediction in inverted half-graben structures

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-97

  Henk, Andreas ^a   Nemčok, Michal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture prediction; Half graben; Inversion; Numerical modeling; Stress prediction

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR MAPS; GEOMECHANICAL MODELS; HALF-GRABEN STRUCTURES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; LITHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RHEOLOGY; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GEOMECHANICS; GRABEN; INVERSION TECTONICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRESS; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 37549035387     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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