Hydrologic consequences of gravity-induced stresses along a ridge: Example from annapolis valley, Nova Scotia

Proceedings of the 41st U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium - ARMA's Golden Rocks 2006 - 50 Years of Rock Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Morin, R H ^a   Savage, W Z ^a   Rivard, C ^b  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIONAL; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; EXTENSIONAL STRESS; FINITE-ELEMENT MODELS; GEOPHYSICAL LOGGING; HYDROLOGIC PROPERTIES; INDUCED STRESS; JURASSIC; LATERAL SPREADING; MESOZOIC; NOVA SCOTIA; POISSON'S RATIO; PUMPING TESTS; RIFT BASIN; SONIC LOGS; STRESS COMPONENT; STRESS CONDITION; VALLEY FLOOR; WAVE FORMS;

BASALT; EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; LANDFORMS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WELL LOGGING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

EID: 69249083705     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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