A mechanical model of the San Andreas fault and SAFOD Pilot Hole stress measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2004, Pages

  Chéry, Jean ^a   Zoback, Mark D ^b   Hickman, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRICTION; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

FAULT ZONES; PILOT HOLES; STRESS MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPRESSION;

BOREHOLES;

BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; IN SITU STRESS; MODEL; SAN ANDREAS FAULT; STRESS MEASUREMENT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; PARKFIELD; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 7044237470     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL019521     Document Type: Article

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