Detection of borehole breakouts at the Forsmark site, Sweden

Proceedings of the International Symposium on In-situ Rock Stress - In-situ Rock Stress Measurement, Interpretation and Application

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 79-86

  Ask, M V S ^a   Ask, D ^b   Christiansson, R ^c  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b RINGHALS AB   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENT CO   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA HANDLING; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR FUELS; ROCKS; STRESS MEASUREMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BOREHOLE BREAKOUTS; BOREHOLE IMAGES; BOREHOLE WALL; FAILURE TYPES; HORIZONTAL STRESS; ROCK STRENGTH; SWEDISH NUCLEAR FUEL AND WASTE MANAGEMENTS; VERTICAL BOREHOLE;

BOREHOLES;

EID: 56249134575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/9781439833650.ch11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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