In-situ stress modeling of a salt-based gravity driven thrust belt in a passive margins setting using physical and numerical modeling

42nd U.S. Rock Mechanics - 2nd U.S.-Canada Rock Mechanics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dirkzwager, J B ^a   Dooley, T P ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLD-AND-THRUST BELTS; INSITU STRESS; MARGIN SETTING; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SCALED PHYSICAL MODEL; SPECIFIC PROBLEMS; STATE OF STRESS; STRESS FIELD; THRUST BELTS;

ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES; TECTONICS;

MODELS;

EID: 69549135556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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