Mesoscale fractures as palaeostress indicators: A case study from Cauvery basin

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 571-583

  Shah, Jyoti ^a   Srivastava, Deepak C ^a   Pandian, M S ^b   Sarkar, Supratik ^c   Choudhari, Mainak ^c   Subramanian, V ^d  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LIMITED   (India)

^d NATIONAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Cauvery basin; Extensional fracturing; Hydraulic fracturing; Pore fluid pressure; Tamil Nadu

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BEDDING PLANE; BRITTLE FRACTURE; COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; PALEOCENE; PALEOSTRESS; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TENSILE STRESS;

ASIA; CAUVERY BASIN; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 38649117288     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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