CASMI-A visualization tool for the World Stress Map database

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 783-791

  Heidbach, Oliver ^a,b   Höhne, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b HEIDELBERG ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Database; Stress indicators; Stress map; Tectonic stress

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNIX; USER INTERFACES;

EARTHQUAKE FOCAL MECHANISM; OVERCORING; SYMBOL SIZE; VOLCANIC ALIGNMENTS; WELL BORE BREAKOUT; WORLD STRESS MAP;

DATA VISUALIZATION;

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; DATA VISUALIZATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC FRACTURING; STRESS ANALYSIS; TECTONICS; TOPOGRAPHY; UNIX; USER INTERFACES;

CORRELATION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATABASE; FAULT SLIP; FOCAL MECHANISM; HYDRAULIC FRACTURE; MOMENT TENSOR; PLATE MOTION; SOFTWARE; STRESS FIELD; VISUALIZATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 42249083045     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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