Effects of valley topography on principal stress orientations

DC Rocks 2001 - 38th U.S. Symposium on Rock Mechanics (USRMS)

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 1397-1400

  Savage, W Z ^a   Morin, R H ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; STRESSES; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FIELD STUDIES; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; LOCAL PERTURBATION; PRINCIPAL STRESS; REGIONAL STRESS FIELD; STRESS ORIENTATIONS; VALLEY TOPOGRAPHY; WELL BORE BREAKOUTS;

LANDFORMS;

EID: 77951999890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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